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Emergence: A bud forms from nothing. A thought, a spark, a germ – transforming from an idea to a fist of petals. Fragrant fingers waiting to unfold. Emergence: A tip of a leaf unfurls from nothing. From where there was only a bare branch, naked, coated in frost, bowing down under pale drifts, comes the smallest sign of life. A promise, pale green, smelling of piquant bark Emergence: I have been curled inward waiting for the snow to subside, barely surviving in the shadows. There were days I was sure that I was already buried and no one would find me so deep underground. But I have been mutating: shifting in the darkness. Taking root in the murky crypt of winter. As spring peeks out from the rot and decay, from under the ice and dirt, I emerge: From nothing, a bud, resurrected.
Suzanna C. de Baca is a native Iowan, proud Latina, publisher, author, and artist who is passionate about exploring change, transformation, and life in the Heartland. She is an inaugural member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative, where she publishes poetry and personal essays. She lives in the small rural town of Huxley, Iowa, population 4244.
Have felt like this a few times in my life. You have captured it so beautifully.