Crocus popping up through the snow
Heralds spring with purple glow
Rich-hued iris follows soon
Bluebells play a pastel tune
Wild roses, lilies frilled
Poppies, pansies fill the field
Bleeding heart and columbine
Hang like jewels on the vine
Sweet lavender, bright snapdragons
Rainbow roses fill the gardens
Ornate carnations to celebrate
With baby’s breath so delicate
Summer goes with forget-me-nots
Exotic orchids fill winter’s pots
Great shining orb ascending
Painting clouds with a rosy glow
The flaming light breaks the horizon
Caught in slivers by waves below
Emerging by seconds into the sky
A perfect stone of reflected light
On an ever-changing trajectory
To project the sun into the night
Reflected glory of a greater light
Freely showered on us here
To guide the creatures of the night
And remind us that day is near
While echoing across the waves
In beams so silent and so strong
The moon yet faithfully shines down
To hold our dreams the whole night long
Snow on the ground is there to stay
In piles or snowmen or snowplowed towers
For even days upon days of sunny skies
Do not melt what came down in a dozen hours
As the snow turns to ice, and ice to slush
There seems no way to make it rush
For the ocean-like blanket thrown all around
So slowly, so slowly seeps into the ground
So just, when it’s snowing, be ready to say
“Snow on the ground is there to stay”
Icy jewels along a winter river
Suspended mid-air on stalks that shiver
A precious treasure for the one who bends
To look in the place where the sidewalk ends
Smooth drops of glass molded to perfection
Shaping the world with swirling refraction
A kaleidoscope of hues that transcends
What’s left in the place where the sidewalk ends
Glitter sprinkled in the drab of winter
Catching the scarce rays of sun that splinter
A mystery of water and light that lends
The lure to the place where the sidewalk ends
A gift more impressive than royal jewels
Beautifully clothed from translucent spools
Waiting to share this great wonder with friends
Who now know the place where the sidewalk ends
You may not see possibility
In winter’s dried up, frozen ground
Just wait til brave green shoots emerge
Tulips proclaim that spring’s around
The corner – flowering trees are soon
Adorned in fragile pink and white
Then long-awaited leaves emerge
To triumph, bring in summer’s light
So too a struggle, hope, or life
May seem suspended in the cold
The buried seeds still live, beneath
They fight to break through and take hold
The buds will come, the green appear
Though small and slow, they will prevail
And blossom strong in victory
To show the world that said they’d fail
For what you sow is not made alive
Unless it falls to the ground and dies
Deep within hope must always survive
Until it has grown full wings and flies
