Lilac

It takes me by surprise every year. The newness of spring, the joy of lilac trees on the side of the road that amaze me with their blooms covering the green. Untended yet beautiful, gifts of nature surrounding me in the most unexpected places. The scent of lilac wisps through the air, reminding me that there are still places where wildness yields beauty, overgrowth gives way to loveliness, the forgotten brush adorns itself in splendor. And I look for this in my own life too, looking for ashes to yield life, fear gives way to love, wilderness adorned in blossoms.