Hope Returns

From my window I watched the snow fall Wet and heavy

In early October

I watched the snow cover To protect my garden plants The weatherman said-don't bother Don't bother-the weatherman said The sheets I put out

There's no hope-he said Not this year The winter will come The winter will come early And it will come hard And you can't stop it

And you can't postpone it But later that day In between the gray clouds As the drippy snow melted And the grass was bright green Only grateful for its wetness I saw the sun shining

Undaunted by the snow's coldness And hope returned, once again

RoseDQ November 2012