A Spring Psalm

We had a lovely spring walk this morning. 

It reminded me of Edward Hays' Spring Psalms.

I don't think he would mind if I shared one here.

O Spirit of Life, 

not that long ago the trees around me

looked like upside down roots

dangling in the wind.

Today it looks like great green clouds have come

to nest in their longing limbs.

The spring breeze that plays in the branches

is full of the song of birds, recently returned.

As flowers lure bees and insects 

by their beauty and perfume,

so I am drawn out of doors

to smell and feel your presence.

What cathedral made by human hands

could contain the awesome majesty 

of your springtime splendor?

And Bach or Handel would be humbled 

by the music of this season's sounds

blended in harmony by your baton.

O You who delight in children at play,

may I not be ashamed to bow in wonder

as I offer, this day, my prayer and adoration

in your sacred springtime shrine.

--"A Psalm of the Shrine of Spring" by Edward Hays in 

Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim: A Personal Manual for Prayer and Ritual

(Forest of Peace Books (Kansas) 1989, ISBN 0-939516-10-1) p.111)