Spring's Winter Poem by Shaun Thompson

Spring's Winter

Rating: 5.0


Spring showed up in the middle of winter;
The oak standing in a field of dandelions cried.
Movement of time broke away from full season
As earth bled a cold, tricked by hope of the sun.

Spring showed up in the middle of winter;
The oak sought leaves and new branches
Stretched long into the passing day.
But the earth bled a cold, no help from the sun.

Spring showed up in the middle of winter;
The oak breathed great breaths of clean
But choked on the draw, his lungs not ready-
For the earth bled a cold- Wretched Sun!

Spring showed up in the middle of winter;
The oak that stood in the field of dandelions left.
Movement of time broke his grandeur
Because the earth bled a cold—still a winter’s sun.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem is for those moments where you have what you have before what you need to have shows up. For all those people who have ever wished, and got their wish before they were ready for it. Open doors are sometimes revealed before we are in a position to walk through. Then there are the times where we walk through the open doors before we realize that the door wasn't ready for us to appear. Life is never lack of irony.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dave Walker 11 July 2013

A great poem, like it.

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Shaun Thompson

Shaun Thompson

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