The internet’s serving up photos of crocuses and daffodils. I hear tell of apple and pear blossoms, kids and lambs, and Easter egg hunts.
Around here, spring seems reluctant. There’s tell-tale mud, to be sure. But there’s still snow. And nothing is blooming.
When I look up into the trees, they look as quiet and empty as the winter that’s just passed.
But just because we can’t see something happening, doesn’t mean it isn’t.
Spring
There’s a thaw beneath the fallen snow
And the geese don’t know which way to go
There’s a warm wind blowin’ round the bend
And the days are growin’ long again
And I will go down by the river
And wash the cold away
And gaze across the water all day
There’s a bird rehearsing on a wire
And a soft green underneath the briar
There’s a hazy ring around the moon
And the rains of spring are comin’ soon
–Cheryl Wheeler, from “Spring“, 1997
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