The gold forsythia gleams like holy fire

The gold forsythia gleams like  holy fire
Deep within its heart  rest  nesting birds
Sun so bright is free and not for hire

We need new Spring when  human  tongues turn liars
As politicians  prance  with gun and sword
The gold forsythia gleams like  hellish fire

The natural world is  breath and so inspired
But where is God and where the sacred Word?
Sun so bright is free and not for hire

Sleeping Beauty lay within deep briars
Yet  silent bombs destroy    the heart unheard
The gold forsythia gleams like    warning fire

For the risen God, we join the choir
Singing for creation with  new words
Sun  delights, is free and  makes no pyre

Glory in the little nesting birds
Singing blackbirds, love is everywhere
The gold forsythia gleams like   undreamed fire
Sun so well endowed  makes well our eyes