Spring

Cocoon of soft, protective snow
Gives way to warm embrace;
As deep within the ground below,
New birth is taking place.
The daffodil and tulip make
Their hesitant debut,
The tiny blossoms now awake ~
Old life reborn, anew.
Then nestled high in wooded arms,
The robin’s small fledglings
Heed the sun’s enchanting charms,
And boldly try new wings.
All sight and sound and scent now tell
The coming of the spring;
Through hill and vale, o’er cliff and dell,
The earth begins to sing.
So life, for all, begins once more,
As winter fades away;
Creator gives His grand encore ~
Earth’s splendor on display.