April Birthday

Happy April Birthday

Remember that which is soft as sunlight
young as a chick
quiet as lavender
cheerful as yellow
lush like green.

It is time to put aside
the hard of life
lustrous deception
loud and percussive
cold white
frozen like silver shards.
In this April now,
hold to the kiss
of the first warm breeze upon your cheek
brought to attention by closing eyes
and celebratory silent sigh.

Now is time for dormant stirrings to awaken
push through birth’s dirt
and land in the gentle days
of an April Birthday.