From Canada ************ The Renewal of Spring The tiny tender shoots of green Reminding us that this is spring The cold dark winter left behind The summer sun now on our mind The feeling that all will be well We leave behind our winter shell To go explore a warmer world To watch the buds as they unfurl To smell the earth, damp from its rest To feel inside we've passed a test We've made it through another year To watch new life as it appears We take long walks, inhaling deep The rich new smells from after sleep The earth awakening again Shaking off the winter's pain Drinking in the fragile sun Showing us that we have won Another round of cold and frost We've paid the price of winter's cost We are renewed, as is the earth We are enhanced to see the birth Of all the green and growing shoots With fragile stems and fragile roots If they can make it through the cold We know that we can then be bold Enough to feel our own release And give our souls much-needed peace Author: Alice Bateman |
| Page created by Ryette -- April,2003 Reviewed Jan. 2004 |
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