The flower opens,
The snowflake melts.
Spring’s earthy perfume
Fills the warm air.



Snow once held beauty


To all who saw


You all now ignore


All of Spring’s flaws.

Salt washes from roads
Into storm drains
All signs of Winter
Fade from our brains.



You try to forget


What once you loved


Losing memories


Of former fun.

Spring sprinkles sunlight
Where once were clouds.
Kids splash playfully
In Spring’s puddles.



Angels and round men


Dressed in fresh snow


Guarded the children


Who braved the cold.

No more ten below
Weathermen say,
And that’s when you know
Spring’s here today.



You all love the cold


It’s your excuse


To buy steaming drinks


And cozy shoes.

Spring knows we love her
We’re sure she sees
How we laugh and dance
In her light breeze



You only hate me


In my last days


We tire of Old


Then New appears

Spring calls out, “I’m Here,
Finally here.
You suffered long months
Without my cheer.”

It is easy to forget
What is already gone.
These people touch our lives, yet
We won’t remember them.
So go dance in your spring days
Forget what we once had.
Next December you’ll want snow,
What if I’m not there then?