March photo A Day 11 - I See

I see winter falling all around me, while spring pushes up through the soil.

I hear the distant inquiry of crows, and the answering jay nearby.

I feel crisp, cold air on my skin, a sharpness in each breath.

I crush thyme, an evergreen in the herb garden,

and the scent rises, cutting through the cold like a pungent blade.  

I feel transported;

 the fragrant herbs and cool dark soil lift me for a moment

 and there is the wild sweet promise of spring, 

rising like sap in my winter-weary branches.

Today's Photo A Day Prompt, "I See..." fit perfectly with my usual Saturday Snapshot post.  You can read all about the Photo A Day Challenge here.  Tomorrow's prompt is Wrinkles!  

Where ever you are, whatever the weather, I wish you hope.