SPRING
As earth sleeps
And winter thrives
My heart with the season rests
I await in peace,
I live in hope
Of new growth life attests
As winter ends
Ceases its hold
As daffodils emerge
So life releases
Love again
Its impulse and its urge.
The primrose wakes
Me to the spring
Its milky yellow songs
Sing to me
In gentle tones
Of where my heart belongs
Which is where life
And lust exist
Side by side in joy
So has it ever
always been
Since I was just a boy
And now that I
Am old and wise
Content to face my fate
I look on spring
And with it sing
New life to celebrate.

Photographs: WHB . . . Surrey – March 10th 2018 ©