She's here..

I have been waiting for quite a while now....not that I was anxious because I knew she would eventually get here. It was the excitement,  enough to join into the chorus of the masses as we awaited her arrival...everyone waits. It starts with the chirps of conversations that seem so truant at the time, and so are mostly spoken in smiley silence, like our whispers, if heard, would delay her arrival. 

Then it moves to excited gargles of anxious excitement, like you've heard the engines of her carriage chiming from a distance and for a while, everyone in town thinks they are the first to hear the chimes and proudly inform the next person, friend or foe, warranted or not..everyone must know regardless of whether they can hear them or not...they must know that something approaches and we should probably be ready.

Then the probable engine sounds die down, and so does the chatter. Where have they gone, another town maybe?, got lost along the way? or maybe this is one of those years where we are not worthy of her company... then, Silence.. 

We get on with our days like we did before, wearing a courageous smile that is not without effort, and trying...trying not to think or talk about it...but just get on with the things we can control. Like most things where she comes from, she is far too alive and intense for us to comprehend her ways, let alone have any say as to when she should get here or how she should handle herself when she does.

Then the shift begins. The true indicators of her arrival, again we are quaint and passive about the changes before us and hum along to the routine of our days, least we jinx it(whatever that means..). Many walk on in silence and don't see the real magic of her arrival.. the signs!..

This time, I feel everything. Maybe its the excitement, maybe its the prelude of this mode of appreciation through what I try to make a conscious experience, to see more, to smile more, to be present more .. but its like my lungs open up in anticipation, more air, clearer vision, more sound...its great. The colors begin the change, then the songs change their tune..even the wind brushes the skin with assurance that something good and kind is coming through from the horizon. Before long the trees and flowers begin to come alive, as if building a barrier to protect her when she gets here, and they put on their best regalia, for a ceremony truly fitting a very special arrival.

Shes here now, and shes beautiful, her arms stretch out indiscriminately and they feel lovingly warm, surely we can now bask in the glow of the day we have been waiting for. 

A day when you unceremoniously smile to a stranger and they smile back, effortless, agendaless, excited...even the rules of engagement have changed. Days when the joy is in the waking and not in the slumber, in the open and not the shelter...there is so much more to see, so much more to do, or so it seems. For all accounts, the long wait has been worth while. For now, she is here, we are here and that's all that matters and everyone looks grateful in their own way..

No one can change the laws of nature but somehow the laws seem to have changed....The Summer is here!