A new poem

"Engulf me”
by Randy Lubbers

A longing, May 6, 2011
Not-quite-after an eternal winter

For a warm fresh-baked home-baked banana nut muffin;
With butter—the real stuff, and more than necessary.
Hot, dark, fresh-brewed breakfast blend;
No cream or sugar—in a mug with a past.
And a passionate morning sun;
Alive and hot; piercing, blazing light—

Finally, getting beyond the muffin
And the butter and the coffee—
Finally, this is the poem—

I need the Easter of the summer sun
On my still-in-the-tomb patio chair
Engulfing me
Holding me
Binding me to that quiet spot at the table
Warming me
Preparing me for dying seeds and a miraculous shoot
Freeing me
Loosening the tightness
In my old
Arms and legs and shoulders
Unbinding me
And
Releasing me
To live again.