Ethos of Eros

A single blade of grass pushing
through the earth
to meet the air

The unfurling of petals from the
tightness of a bud
The exhalation of water bubbling 
from a secret spring

Undone, the tension between
this or that path if you choose

Drink a dewdrop off the leaf

Skinny dip in the creek that appears 
for those fleeting weeks
between March and May

when shades of green become
a fragrant bouquet