Have You Ever Noticed with Spring

by Liza Moore

Sometimes,

  how it pushes through,

      this sudden burst of life,

verdant and alive,

   as if unable to wait

      the celebration

where everything departed

   returns,

      is born again

into this beautiful world.

   And if you have eyes to see,

      you have probably experienced,

at least once,

   the miracle of the butterfly.

      How suddenly

the earth whispers to the caterpillar,

   It is time.

      And like so many before us,

we wait,

   knowing what is to come.

      That behind a dark veil

a body breaks,

   is transformed,

      as on Easter morn.

And Christlike

   it hangs from its post,

      wings outstretched and drying in the sun.

Its new body

   given gift of flight,

      free from this earth.

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Liza Moore is an artist who resides with her husband and son in Round Rock, TX. She has created three children’s books, and some of her artwork, poetry, and essays have been published in various journals including Fathom Mag, Ekstasis Magazine, EcoTheo Review, and Apple Valley Review. To learn more about Liza and her creative work, please visit: https://campsite.bio/liza_moore_art.