A new beginning

Rosemarie from Poets and Storytellers United asked us to write about beginning.

Happy New Year to all of you!!

Crimson anticipation

A new beginning drips
like honey from today
sweet, but slow,
fear still clinging
beneath the surface.

You shiver as old ways crumble,
setting your first step
on a new and gentle earth,
where buds swell before spring,
where trees lean into blossom,
their pale pink whispering
of cherries yet to come.

Move forward in anticipation
of fruit, plump and crimson,
a tender bite, a burst of juice.
Growing and blossoming
the quiet roots
of everything sweet to come.