All around was frozen ground

Hard ground and frozen root

Everyday another greenless gray

When we cannot seem to

Stand a moment more

Time takes over and breaks the bars

April and Easter free us all

Raining down in the clean rain

Trumpeting as jonquil play

Breathing out from winter’s muffle.

Robbins quietly appear signaling

To each other and to us

Make nests from winter’s leftovers

Fill with hungry young

All around the green earth charms

Spring holds us in mother arms

Birthed anew in awe we rise

In awe our spirits rise.