![springwithbird3](https://www.in-between.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/springwithbird3.jpg)
Spring.
The midday wind
brought a message to my balcony
a petal from a white tree in bloom;
one word only
‘Live’.
I listen to the bells in the afternoon
and the birds outside my window
and know suddenly
each one has a heart.
Poems by Lidia Gruse
Spring with Bird: A painting by Brigid Marlin