Bitter Winter rain

Your opportunity lost

With Spring’s arrival

Or so I would have wagered

And yet, here I see you snow

Stop me if you dare!

Cries the flame against the wind,

It is my end goal,

To be more than a flicker,

Against the darkest of times.

This peaceful moment:

You, me, and the sound of rain.

A soft percussion,

Dropping bubbly brook beats,

That crescendos rapidly.

Refreshing shower,

Gives way to clear blue,

Framed by warm white clouds,

This must be what a painter

Feels after the final stroke.

A soft whisper drifts,

Upon a sunbeam filtered,

Through the window slats –

“Sharpen the pencil and mind,

Poetry month has arrived.”

What fair wind is this?

Crisp and sweet without a kiss-

From Winter’s white lips.

Could it be that Spring has sprung?

As was promised in Autumn?

Golden sunset shines

Through pea-sized water droplets

Crystalline clear

Trailing a fuzzy rainbow

Where one would expect shadow

Out my window I see

The season playing with me

Calling me a fool

“You think it to be Spring time?”

Mocks the north wind, “Give them hail!”