spring king

everyone knows
that spring is the king
of all the seasons..
in the gita, lord krishna
tells us so...

i am the soul in the body,
the eagle among birds,
the lion among animals..
among all the trees,
i am the sacred bodhi tree
and of the seasons,
i am spring..


no praise, no blame
what have the clouds been up to today? you can't
blame them, you know. their edges just
happen, and where they go is the fault of the wind.
i'd like my arrival to be like that, alone and
quiet, really present but never to blame.

and i'd never presume or apologize, and if anyone
pressed me i'd be gone, and come back there
only some harmless, irresistible presence
all around you, like the truth, something you need,
like the air.
~william stafford

where one flower blooms, it is spring everywhere ~