Basking in the electric ultraviolet evening’s soft afterglow
The retiring gilded sun bowing low
One heard the sweetest sound
As far as the keen eye could see
Coming from the highest reaches of a bending silver birch tree
Faded daffodils and wilted crocuses below
Forming a crown at its roots as spreading toes
Mother Nature in the throes
Of saying a goodbye to some
A guarded hello to the creeping young
Nestled in the tufted emerald ground
Hearts shouted out in the silence of awe
At what one too saw
Smile on one’s lips
Gently touching praying fingertips
As courting birds engaged in a call and response
Notes of a communicated love understood
Beats from the hood to Hollywood
Memories of Donnie and Roberta
Lionel and Diana
Lauryn and the master, Marley
Nelly and Kelly
Marvin and Tammy
Ja Rule and Ashanti
Ella and Louis
Dinah and Brook
Uttering love notes back and forth from an ancient songbook
All singing an eternal spring was rebounding
Nature sounding
A resurrected chant of the songbird
Completely appreciated
Fully heard
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