Spring Light

The light that loses, the night that wins And time remembered is grief forgotten And frosts are slain and flowers begotten, and in green underwood and cover Blossom by blossom the spring begins Algernon Charles Swinburne Spring Light Depths of darkness, deep earth, night and Winter- these are alchemy for Spring Plain brown,dormant bulbs bring forth such magic things Time and motion turning light re-cycle joy and grief And memories as old as time, are formed from lives so brief Our Mother earth has tolerance-all things she abides Over forgotten scars her forests creep; her shores are washed in healing tides Cloud and mist and miracle bring forth the flowers of spring snowdrop, asphodel, hyacinths renewing every dream A sweet millenium of Springs like clockwork cycle round With faith we watch for them to come, blossom by blossom .