Welcome to Spring: Season of new birth!
Glory in the springtime
Initiates visions without stopping
Greening hills, warming sun
Buds erupting and wildflowers popping
Bears, Bees and Stings
Attuned to the winter cold
Hibernation’s natural to a bear
With shorter days, longer nights
Sleeping is the primary affair
Sentiments of a fall/winter season
Affirm human nature’s lassitude
Reflections echo the past and present
Creating a melancholy mood
The early days of springtime
Find bees at work on the crocus
With the snow at last melting
Activity is the focus
New life buzzing all around
Finds everyone busy as the bee
Making plans, meeting demands
Goes about as far as one can see
Nature in its own pristine beauty
Flourishes after winter’s thaw
Prickly, bristly thorns and spiny things
Emerge clothed in springtime’s awe
Lovers stroll along forest paths
Inhaling the newness nature brings
Spring blossoms within love’s essence
But not without emotional stings
©2013
Sharla Lee Shults
Sharla Lee Shults
"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."
—Rainer Maria Rilke (Bohemian–Austrian poet, 1875–1926)