Today is the day the leaves start to brighten
The day my spirits begin to lighten
The day my cheeks flush a cherry red hue
And the grass that I lay in has a sweet morning dew
And the sky that I gaze at is colored with a sleepy pale blue ... 

Spring is here
But the sun is in fear
It hides from us all
And neglects our call

Wind and clouds seem to keeping it away
Forcing it into hiding to fray  ...

You might turn your pockets inside out
All to discover nothingness
You might turn your barn upside down
Without a grain of meal as a testament
You might attempt a call on your cell
Only for the robotic voice to convince you
My friend: keep on ... 

It creeps deep in my heart
I feel it in His sanctuary
I see it in the mother hen
As it protects its chick
From the enemies’ assault.
It stares me in the face
When I open my window every morning ... 

A sigh whispers through the leaves
overhead, high in the towering network
of lacy green. A barely noticed tremble.
The glint of movement catches my
attention, a spark of sunlight on a branch,
a flit of robin's wings, the scritch of
squirrel's feet on the crusty bark of the  ...