In a Year's Time
Snow to sleet, and sleet to snow
Trudging softly to and fro.
Waiting for the golden glare
Always hidden, never there.
Sweetly “singing in the rain”
Quite a lie, to my disdain.
Sloshing quickly, car to home
Tired time where nothing’s grown.
Now, with life the world’s awake
Withdrawing from the coldest’s take.
No longer lost, the light is shown
To those still soggy from the snow.
Too soon we’re snagged in space between
Don’t suffer here, the grass is green.
For calm is the storm with little change
No chance for ice to show its rage.
Heat by way of thundering herd
To most, to all, this time’s preferred
We sing, we dance, we take a walk
Allow for time to sit and talk.
For far are the days so joyful, long
And soon is the time of harvest’s song.
Dying flowers, browning lawn
Still rising at the crack of dawn.
Suddenly taken, whisked away
Getting smaller every day
Dragging in, no way to halt
And none but cold are at a fault.
Snow to sleet, and sleet to snow
Trudging softly to and fro.
Waiting for the golden glare
Always hidden, never there.