Hands Full of Dirt

Scoop up soil
fertile
dark
thirsty for life
with weary hands

Sun beams
plant seeds
into darkened earth
held
watered with
moist
life-giving hands

Life in darkness
grows
breaking free
rising into luminance
kissing my eyes
caressing my being
as joy’s dance we sing

Spring flowers
erupting in
splendiferous
unbridled colors
exploding
penetrating deepest
furthest reaches
of earth
and sky.

Silently
floating to
earth
where we
lie.