SHIFTING INTO SPRING

March Meditation

a small white candle

placed on an old silver tray

set down on the bedroom floor

a wooden match       a strike       a flame

sage       sweet grass       smoke

seed pods like rattles       shaken

a bit of dry moss

a flight feather found

twenty years ago       on a beach

after watching an osprey

dive into Puget Sound       catch a fish

labor it away

trailing droplets

of blood and water blessings

memory

this feather brushing skin       

in the cold of night

full moon light

a re-found piece of butterfly wing

a hummingbird nest        

collected

after a summer storm

tossed its pebble-sized babe

a small tin cup      enameled white

filled with fresh water

from the bathroom sink

a flower with white petals

from the kitchen table

from the grocery store

from a neighbor friend

dipped

to sprinkle

March blessings

on skin

a thought

a prayer

a sweet desire

grace

a soft pillow

warm blankets

whistling wind

quiet bed

breathing

just breathing