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The First Spring (Adam)

from The First Spring by Thea Rosenburg

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Written in memory of my friend, Sarah

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When the first leaf fell,
Adam must have feared
that death had come
to the Earth
because of him

When the cold set in
at the harvest’s end
and the fields were full
of dead things
he must have wept

Because he did not know
of the springtime then
He had the promise of God,
a solid thing,
but he did not understand

that death was a season,
the slow sleep of branches and leaves
before the bursting forth
of the first spring
in victory

When the birds stopped singing
and fled their nests,
he did not know
that one day
they would sing again,

or that his wife would sing
with them then,
full herself with new life,
a mystery
to both of them

(victory)

When the first leaves fell,
Adam must have feared
that death had come
to the Earth
because of him

What he did not see
were the small green leaves
tucked between
the branches
of the slumbering trees

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from The First Spring, released April 1, 2013

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Thea Rosenburg Bellingham, Washington

Singing a lot of lullabies these days.

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