March 2022

In March

One task awaits the baffled will;

But yesterday, kneeling there,

I foresaw the ineffable

Less ambiguous to face

Alone, despite the lack of grace…

Then lightly, down the Easter air,

Brittle in its rigorous chill,

Three amber bees rowed carefully 

Near, to spy, with musing hum,

Heather and chrysanthemum.

I stared as I knelt,

Querying resurrection brave

Enough to quest what honey dwelt

Meagre by a three-years’ grave;

And heart felt—thought mind despised—

A rune, cruelly disguised.