Spring Feels in the Philippines

Spring is such a wonderful time to begin new ventures.
Or it can be a time to revisit forgotten ones.
For some, it is the fertile soil for growing, believing,
and dreaming. Spring is an answered prayer,
a continuing landscape, a fulfilled wish, a blank slate,
a time to be.

Spring, oh, how lovely. The air is warm, the flowers are budding. I can't help but get my guitar and sing as the mountains and fields wear colorful dresses and sing melodious bird songs ---

What a lovely time is spring
when all the trees are budding.
The birds begin to sing.
The flowers start their blooming.
That's how it is with God's love
once you experience it.
You want to sing,
it's fresh like spring;
you want to pass it on. - Kurt Kaiser

(Note: I just learned that spring in the Philippines is the months of March, April, and May. Practically, Filipinos like me seem to know that we only have two seasons --- wet and dry.)

Ruth is a published writer of poems and essays. She is also a journalist writing in Filipino and English. For half of her life, she was a legal writer in a law office for the underprivileged and marginalized. Recently, she began homeschooling her daughter and things changed. She is slowly recovering her childhood dreams, going back to the classics while thankful for the wonderful experiences she has gleaned from the "law office". She finished Philosophy, Psychology, and Law, and also sings (Soprano)! It is her hope that her education and skills will serve humanity and glorify God in some way, every day.

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