The early northern Spring,
once faithful with rhythmic promise,
carried silent warnings of
an invisible predator
we could not recognize.

Grief and fear encircled the world
in crestless waves of death,
the follies of fools
serving the intruder
unwitting new acolytes.

We came together as brothers and sisters,
innocent dreamers of tomorrow
taking refuge in solitude,
listening in unfamiliar quiet
for the whispered promise of salvation.

Then the light of all our hearts,
opening in earnest appeal,
spilled upwards into the sky
to reveal a world transformed
we could not have imagined.