Gevurah she’b Gevurah*
How do we complete the difficult task?
We contain our eagerness.
We remember our strength.

We constantly remember the strength
in the center of our strength—
the way in the space

of two wet, warm late April days, magnolia’s
swollen pink buds open
into creamy blossoms

as she offers her beauties,
one by one to the dangerous sky.
                                      4/28/2011
     *Boundaried Strength within Boundaried Strength