Nobody knewthe cherry treeswould bloom today.How quietly they must havewhispered together,huddled in thedeepest ends of their rootsas winter’s death creptdown their branches.But slowly— as slowly as the Earthtilts her headback toward the Sun—a chorus grew, some ancient hymn of faith, and the lifethey’d been protectingtook heart and began to rise intoscarred trunksand broken branchesuntil all… Continue reading Nobody Knew