It’s easy to forget after facing wearisome Winter.
But Spring, my friend, is just around the corner.
It’s peeking through with every glimpse of the sun’s rays
forcing themselves through the gray bulwark of cold clouds.
It’s kissing my face in the warm Southern breezes
floating atop the blistery wind.
It’s shooting up, UP through the gravely ground
beckoning itself onward with every green sprout.
I saw Spring today.
I promise you that.
I saw it in the Cherry Blossom trees downtown,
pink buds persisting doggedly against the cold rainy day….
It’s easy to forget after facing wearisome Winter,
but Spring, my friend, is just around the corner.
And from our God who loves us like no other:
Get up, my dear friend, fair and beautiful lover-come to me!
Look around you: Winter is over;
the winter rains are over, gone!
Spring flowers are in blossom all over.
The world’s a choir- and singing!
Spring warblers are filling the forest with sweet arpeggios.
Lilacs are exuberantly purple and perfumed,
and cherry trees fragrant with blossoms.
Oh, GET UP, dear friend , my fair and beautiful lover-
Come to me!
Song of Songs 2:10-14
-Johanna
Amber
February 28, 2011 at 5:14
Well done, Hannah. It’s been awhile since I’ve ready any happy poetry. Why does everyone get this idea that it has to be moody and gloomy? BTW, LOVE the verses you shared, too.