Seasons Poem by Tom Courtney

Summer brought us bright around
friends in heart and family near
Charm we found amongst ourselves
and life was high with faith and cheer

Autumn rolled up from behind
before the bright lights dimmed away
a cooling in the evening air
a stiffness in the rusty gate

And winter comes. We brace for you
You make no pretense with your cold
chilling yet strengthening – part of the cycle
carrying the seed of our youth in the old

Spring – hush – listen, silence and sound
From the crusted snow a forgotten muse
that where we once had failed and fallen
there might still be life anew