Song of Solomon 122:2

A single tulip bud stands tall against a soft, earthy background — closed, composed, and luminous with quiet color, every vein of its petals visible in the gentle light. “The flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come” is one of scripture’s most joyful declarations of arrival, and this bud captures the precise moment just before that arrival — the breath held before the song begins. There is as much promise in this image as there is beauty, the whole story of spring contained in a sing