It's Coming

It's coming!
Look around you!
Can you see it?
Can you feel it?
Take a big breathe as you step outside.

Don't be fooled by the occasional flurry.
Look at people.
Gone are the dark colors, the heavy coats, mittens and hats.
Colors abound are appearing.
Sandals are on their feet,
Pant legs and skirts becoming shorter.

Pedestrians are filling the sidewalks,
Smiling as they pass each other
Nodding with acknowledgement of the arrival.
Moms with the babes in strollers,
Kids on their bikes
Filling the streets.

The birds are flocking to the trees;
Eating the berries of last fall.
Drunken with the wine and sunshine.
The gathering of twigs and leaves to make the nests.
The sweet sound of the twittering greet all in the morning.

Squirrels traveling from branch to branch
Searching for the forgotten acorn
Chattering at the cats as they lounge in the sun.
Dogs discovering the long ago lost toys in the banks of snow.
Those that have hibernated the winter away awakening.


It has been so long.
At times the dismal feelings overwhelming,
Now the zeal of new life and hope is bubbling up.
Songs of hope and love humming abound.
Warmth replaces the coldness of the long nights.
Oh yes it is coming!

It is glorious promise of rainbows,
Rain showers replacing blizzards,
Long lines at the car washes
Spraying off the grime and waxing to a shine.
Brown grass changing to green.

We welcome your arrival
We celebrate the promise of new births
Branches bursting with buds,
Flowers poking their heads up through the frozen ground,
Puddles being splashed with little feet in golashes.

Spring is coming!
It is almost here.
Set the clocks ahead
Replace the shovels with rakes.
Look around
It's coming!