3/03/08 :
Walking today I see flies sunning themselves on the wall, which to my spirit is like being reborn, as if some equatorial breeze has penetrated these cold mountains and reminded me that 'yes-the Earth continues to revolve around the sun in the law of the seasons.' Water flows in every street gutter so that by late morning yesterdays icicles have already succumbed to the warmth. Should I expect spring to arrive in the next hour? No, but the door has been left ajar and I shall wedge my foot in the opening.
I hear the sound of water dripping from the eaves as I watch mallards mating on the Conewango, so I know that the months of dreariness finally are nearing their end. People pass by on bicycles in shortsleeves, prematurely perhaps, but that is how determined they are to break the spine of winter. The March sun is warm enough that it is not foolhearty rather a reckless liberation for them.
Spring, my old comrade-where have you been this year? But for a few days in early January I have not talked to you since October. You have tested my patience like a prisoner counting the days to his release. My feet have grown weary of slipping on ice and my cold skin has threatened to penetrate my heart. But the flies...The flies! They buzz as if no time at all has passed, now chase one another like spring lovers. They cannot afford to lament the months of winter so go about their pleasures on this warm afternoon. They are the first spring robins to my eye, more trustworthy than a March thaw, and I stand in the sun beside them to let them fly about my ears. Flies in spring do not bother me as they might in June, rather are my answered prayer more reassuring than rosary beads or ancient texts. They are the preachers Nature sends to me when I am cognizant enough to witness, and tell me to hold on awhile longer; the grass will be budding soon.
By walks end I am a new man, hopeful and jubilant for the spring I had feared might desert us-but that is the power of sunlight in a town blessed with everything else.
(FLY photo courtesy of Jill Olerich-check her out!)http//www.flickr.com/photos/jilloelerichphotos
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