By Wendy Videlock
One calls it the opening
another says
the softening
another would say
it’s a weakening
another yet
a strengthening
whatever it is
it’s a fleeting thing
freeze thaw
freeze thaw
spring fall
spring fall
this is the learning
this is the law
of paradox, of soul
fox,
of spring
and fall
of endless rue
and endless awe
of freeze thaw
freeze thaw.