While sunshine warms the waking sage,

          While sunshine warms the waking sage,

       a hopeful fading snowbank 

    stakes a chilly claim 

within the winter shade. 

          Such unforeseen surprises 

       hide so quietly 

    beside the brazen brighter prizes, 

ripe for us to find. 

          A jillion possibilities 

       are yet to be perceived,

    so let’s stay curious

and mythic things may gladden us today! 

Lee DeNoya - Taos, February 2022