Easter is here.
The Miracle of Easter is upon us. In Spain it is celebrated with processions and drums, hooded walkers carrying crosses, pageantry and ceremony. As in Canada, in Catalunya there is less pomp and procession. Nonetheless, Easter for me has always been a very special time of the year, second only to the lights and love of Christmas. It has always meant rebirth, flowering plants, trees greenwashed with budding baby leaves, the first robin, the melting of the winter snow, searching for tadpoles and life in cold trickling brooks alongside small, country roads. It´s about possibility and new beginnings.
The Miracle of Easter is upon us. In Spain it is celebrated with processions and drums, hooded walkers carrying crosses, pageantry and ceremony. As in Canada, in Catalunya there is less pomp and procession. Nonetheless, Easter for me has always been a very special time of the year, second only to the lights and love of Christmas. It has always meant rebirth, flowering plants, trees greenwashed with budding baby leaves, the first robin, the melting of the winter snow, searching for tadpoles and life in cold trickling brooks alongside small, country roads. It´s about possibility and new beginnings.
Unbound
Unused and undiscovered
There is so much for me to learn
That i may be open to look where others scoff and scold
Where others chasten, abase and topics grow old
And embarrass in haughty, lofty merriment.
Keep my spirit strong and resilient
My mind incisive and resolved
To explore all realms of possibility
Search for every window and every door
and break out of the chains of probability
That i may seek to learn
What others want not to discern
Interests, ignorance, a plethora of motives
Compelling compliance
And competing perspectives
Initially they block and blind my way
but once i understand their nature and their folly
i am free to move beyond
Slide through and around,
i am not bound.
It is this time of year that i am called upon to believe
to open up and retrieve
the possibility that lies within me
that i have so generously been gifted with
no longer bound by legend and myth.
