Friday, Apr. 06, 2012 - 10:23 a.m.
Baby Parade
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I sit here watching
as the baby parade passes
by my window
new moms - two by two
each pushing their
investment into the future
stroller on towards the lake
to show their little ones
the glory of the sky and water
that they had never seen
having only been born
in the fall or winter
how their tiny minds will blow
up and over because of the miracle
I can only think of a dog
born under similar circumstances
born in October
who spent the first few weeks
of her life in a box in a warm room
and ferried occasionally
by truck in the cold dark gloom
of mid winter to struggle through
snowdrifts with older stronger dogs
but she adored the life
she first beheld that winter
and delighted in snapping
at snowflakes
and appreciating the
grey skeletal forest
during those short cold days
winter was fine
winter was fun'
winter was full
and beautiful to be alive in
I was there as she
first experienced spring ..
I watched her eyes as she beheld the unadvertised delight
of the sky brightening
and the breeze warming
the yard filling
with birds and flowers
and the sacred breath
of green lushness breathing
life into the grey skeletal trees
Winter was was just fine
but spring....
spring was
absolutely wonderful
nobody had told her
that life gets better
as you go along
Summer was a dreamy
light enhanced
voyage to heaven the
autumn was adventure of fullness
and then winter came back
if a dog can be
delivered into bliss
by the cycle of the seasons
there is no reason whatsoever
to doubt that the same thing
is happening
in the baby parade
passing by today
