SONGS OF SPRING


Winter morning

Soft and colorless sky

The sun not risen

Night fallen to dawn

Piercing cold

As light covers the horizon

The ground white

Frozen crystals

Then he comes

A ball of crimson

Bringing warmth

New to this day

Promises and delight

Play in its shinning

The glimmer of hope

Still higher he flies

Until the mid-day

When all is awake

Birds left behind in winter

Still singing songs of spring

Melting time

As fresh snow falls

The cycle returns

Evergreens break the moment

He leaves the sky

Night begins again

The ice crackles and grows

Water lost in time


Michael V Hechtman