born on the wind & snow

creativity, born on the wind & snow
beyond what
any of us really know

truth hides in pocket books
and desk drawers waiting
for the opportune moment

to spontaneously reveal
the secret that was forgotten
under an inch of snow-

so gloriously etching
the branches of the magnolia,
hosting buds which will burst in april

as the breath of a long haired neighbor
with a trench coat and work boots
trudges on his own carved path

to the beat of the Beach Boys;
Breughel-ian trees shaking- in a
pensive pitter-patter--

providing awakening:
not waiting, nor forcing--just
being born in the act of revering

all that clings to trees and birds and strangers
soft cold snow informing a hungry culture
as in Bethlehem, waiting to be born

~words/photo~kate lamberg (c) '17