WINTER

A MOMENTARY PASSING OF THE WINTER AND MUCH PAIN

Like a veil upon an angel

mist hugs the valley floor

Frost soft upon the meadow

crisp wind through little door

A momentary ceasing of the patter on the pane

Sun reaches for the mountain top

to look across frigid land

So long we haven't seen it,

anticipatin' is just grand

A momentary ceasing of the patter on the pane

Diamonds crown the early grasses

as spring has made a start

here beside the crashing waters

music, silence touch the heart

A momentary passing of the snowing and the rain

It has been said by poets

and it has been sung by bards

that winter's chilly presence

means that spring is in the cards

A momentary ceasing od the snowing and the rain

A splash of brilliant sunlight

makes nearby mountains dance

brilliant bright and brilliant white

blinding, flashing! brilliant light

A momentary pasasing of the winter and much pain

Maybe the beginning to an ending

of another winter of too much discontent

March 10, 1985

Sam Spring It A'juma homeland, western hemisphere

Sul'ma'ejote