Birth

midwinter moonlight-
hushed stillness split by the cries
of mother and child
–
nesting jays-
the silence of
broken eggshells

my journal entry-
today I start another
lap around the sun
–
willow branches-
a crack appears
in the robin’s egg

open to the cold
exposed and vulnerable
naked and alone
–
new life-
tempted
by the light