Colors of Spring

The last snow of winter blown by the wind bares the gray of branches to the sun pregnant with buds. Is it spring? Testing spring torpid from the winter sleepy tiny buds hesitant of the wind search for the sun between stalks of gray A flash of red among the gray a robin singing spring drinking the sun snow melt of winter unfettered by the wind shaking the buds Softens around the buds warmed by the sun the frozen clay of winter helped by the gray showering clouds of spring and milder wind With gentler wind and warming sun the colors of spring unfold in the opening buds after the long gray days of winter Good-bye winter winds Gray days without sun Hello new buds of festive spring