Spring Waiting

Winter was a long time.
For months I lived in a dream
Now I am still shivering under my flannel shirt
Beneath June’s laden clouds.

I am so patiently resigned to Winter--
It just stays...
And I’m so impatient for Summer’s flowers
And they fire so fast.

I used to think that Winter would kill me
Would chill me to death--
But just as likely, it could be a June shower
Catching me unprepared
And chilling my sun-hungry bones
Just beyond the reach of its heat

I wait for Spring
Even though I was dreaming a long time
I know seed is watered by melting snow
And there is a Sun
That bleaches Winter out of the bones of the soul.