Springtime

Springtime

4.29.22

Oh the long and dreay winter

Makes me feel a little bitter

I wait for blue skies and green everywhere

Buds aplenty nothing bare

Then it finally starts to happen

Shapes colors sounds, leaves are Kraken

It gives me great joy every time

As the season flows, divine

Messy dandelions pout and flare

I basically just don't even care.

Will wait for seeds to fly

mow stems down by the by

Time to think of pools and sun

Time to hear the rooster run

Snakes lay low in thick jade grass

Ants work hard on homes of glass

Bird are cackling, chirping, calling

Dead pieces of last year finally falling

Now is time to run and play

Before scalding summer sun does slay

Will always treasure this annual show

Soaking up the windy glow

Even though my nose says no

I'll sniff the lily of the valley 

Of each bloom make mental talley

Nature's display IS forever fresh 

So winter I will tolerate you

Only because you give great hue

To life rebounding clean and new.