Spring Breaks Like a Dam

The long dark months of winter soon give way to signs of life renewed again in spring. Migrating from the south to come and play, the songbirds have returned: a cause to sing. The days grow ever longer, draw us out; the snows recede, uncovering the earth. The landscape greens as shoots begin to sprout: a joyful time of freedom and new birth. The flowers beckon; likewise do the trees. we hunker down instead in fitful throes. The pollen blooms into the grandest sneeze; oh Lord, why did You thus create our nose? And now I must bid you a fond adieu before I launch my germs again… atchoo! ————- for the Spring Is Not All Poetry Contest sponsored by Michelle Faulkner written on 02/07/23