Spring Reprieve

A reprieve arrives, hopefully to stay casting faint glimmers of the sun so long held hostage by the clouded grays. now undone. The needed rain pulls back but the landscape is still pale green, frozen in time unpacked a lime mist floating on the air can be seen. It appears all creatures were released from hibernation of the sudden chills and the yard comes to recognize a quiet peace that pervades gardens and unleashed growth is spilled. A woodpecker knocks repeatedly answered only by the call of distant geese and the glow of the sun warmly heated and robins hover singing in the trees. A grond-hog climbs a frail cherry weeping to challenge the squirrel presence and the heron struts boldly around the pond creeping looking for life and its inner essence. Spring is reborn producing life and color to the earth as winter looms in the background unadorned and spring comes alive in its rebirth.