Napo 15

Today's prompt was to write a poem about urgency. I didn't have too many ideas, so I kind of pulled this one out of nowhere. I'm going to revise this one and work it out some more, but I want to write a poem about a little girl hearing the ice cream man's song, and it proclaims spring's resurrection, kind of comparing the little girl to Mary Magdalene and the ice cream man to the resurrection. Meh. This draft doesn't include all of that, so... I'll work at it :)

Reawakening

The world was dead, quiet, not a single bird

Or cricket sang. The nights were long, endless,

winter hadn’t loosened her grip yet.

The season was for mourning, coming to terms

With the reality of a lifetime of slate skies,

The cold and lifeless ground, crocuses

Forever sealed inside their bud like closed fists.

So when, early in the morning, I stepped out

Barefoot onto the cement outside,

I had to suspend my disbelief at the warmth

Of spring’s fingers on my face, the smell

Of life, the sound music slicing the early

Morning silence. A harbinger of spring,

I screamed across our thawing lawn,

Dad, it’s the ice cream man!