The winter is clinging to the ground
The piles of snow are melting
But they visibly take up space
I am ready and need the ground around
To wake up and take over
Now it really retreats
We have slept away in our homes
Day has been covered
In silencing snow
The sun is heating up
The days just got longer
Hope arises in the folk of the north
We are troupers
Soldiers of the arctic storms
Weathered by environment
We find a way
We find the path
The key is positivity
Must not go down with the negativity
Life can get hard for sure, but
We are not victims here
By choice we live here
We await spring
In all its glory
Which shall renew us in its light
The colors of which will inspire us
First the crocus
Then the daffodils
Ever year we celebrate and applaud
The glorious colors of spring
Up here in the north
We wait longer
But we appreciate every sprig that sprouts
For the light of the sun to shine down
And it is starting
And our eager, starving souls
We throw our arms open wide
Our faces lifted to the sun
We receive the suns gaze with joy
Springtime is right around the corner
The lessons of the winter are in us
The death it brings
The darkness
It will be overwhelmed in short order
By a higher power
The power of spring
And we should not forget what we learned
While things and people retreated or died
The very essence of being inhabited
In our souls
Don’t overthink it
Just bow your hearts
And find gratitude
For those who bring us joy
Or hope and peace in trying times
Winter has done its work
Now on to regeneration
Set yourself up for success
Your seasons are unique to you
May they teach and inspire you and me
Carpe diem!