In mid March the days keep marching 

Deep in my body something’s starting

It’s like at last bright green grass 

Is growing on my heart 

Daffodils and magnolias, camelias float through my veins 

As I ponder colors and names 

It’s been a long time in the making 

So I set the table 

I wonder if you know what I’m thinking

My spacious new SUV is out front 

The spare bedroom has some want 

I pull out the plastic multicolored Easter eggs 

I stuff them with little baby black and white pictures 

And that famous plastic shimmery Easter grass 

The living room glitters

I put the furry bunny figurines out as well 

But I ponder the cross mostly and the wonderful story it tells 

A few months ago at Christmas it felt like everything was dying 

But I’m bursting at the seams to announce at lunch 

That this time we’re multiplying 

After a long winter, after some steadfast aging 

After reading lots of obituaries

I began anticipating 

And thinking about the first two chapters of Genesis 

And how if only I could get a glimpse 

Of Eden

Because I’m still believing that this is all worth it 

So when my parents come over tomorrow, I’ll have everything set 

And when we sit to eat pizza and whatever else 

I’ll give them those little Easter eggs 

With sonographic pictures of their grandbaby inside 

What a surreal Easter surprise 

Let the flowers, the colours, the sun, new life – inside us all!  – come alive