After Danny died
Dolores used to take
great comfort
in visiting his grave,
enjoying the wee dander
through Milltown cemetery
and looking out for
resident bunny rabbits
as they bounded away
across the graves,
white tails flashing Morse code
behind them.

Now it’s our turn
to take comfort
from visiting the grave
that Dolores now shares
with her beloved Danny.
We rarely see the bunny rabbits
but we know
that they’re still around
because they nibbled away
at a tub of primroses
at another family grave
leaving only the leaves
and the stumps of stems.

We weren’t at all happy
with those bunny rabbits!

But a few weeks later
on Dolores’s birthday
we find that the primrose stems
have regrown
and are now covered
with buds,
bursting to open!

Tiny primroses that turn ruination
into blossoming life.
Tiny symbols of hope.
Tiny reminders
of the joy of the Resurrection.

Thank you, Lord,
for these wee primroses
(and thank you
for the bunny rabbits as well!)

© Claire Murray, April 2021