Already Breath-taken

 

Already breath-taken

Ere buds fully waken

And silence is broken

By leaf-token’s laud

Already dumbfounded

By beauty unbounded

For we are surrounded

By glimpses of God

Already enchanted

By blooms, still unplanted

And tree-tops half-glistered

In whispers green-gold

Already delighted

By dreams unrequited

Yet we are excited

To watch them unfold

Already forgotten

Winter’s frigid cotton

And battles we fought in

A world, cold and white

Already forgiven

The green side of livin’

Rolls out to blue heavens

In sighs of delight

© Janet Martin