A poem for a snowy April 9

SEASONAL SURPRISE

Bird calls summon me from slumber

happy chirps mark change of scene

warm, entrancing invitations:

wake,  to love and light and green!

Too long I’ve burrowed under blankets,

saved my strength to bear the drear

of snow and shovels,  slush-filled roadways.

Now, at last, salvation’s here!

I jump from bed, make my ablutions,

dress in colors bright as spring.

Put off  breakfast for a walk?

Yes! Embrace it! Birdies sing!

Enough of winter hibernation!

Leave the gloom of that dark den!

What hope! What joy! What wonder! 

What?

It cannot be! Not snow again!

                            ~ Kate Lydon Varley