Spring approaches softly

Here we are, a few days past the vernal equinox. Is it spring? Today, I knew the answer was yes.

There is a day each spring when I walk outside and the air feels soft. Yes, soft. The air may still be chilly, the sunshine a little weak, but the breeze has lost some undertone, some sharp edge, that it has during winter. The metallic feel transforms to velvet. Today, I felt that. And there is no going back.