Thursday, March 20, 2014

Waiting for Spring


Patience is the Art of Waiting


Waiting for Spring

Waiting for green
Waiting for blue
Waiting for frost to melt into dew.

Banish the snow
Barren with cold
Banish the winds that shiver and scold.

Breath of the sun
Quickens the earth
Husks that have slept are bursting with birth.
  
First comes the leaf
Then comes the flower
Heralds of spring will trumpet the hour.

Waiting for green
Waiting for blue
Waiting for frost to melt into dew.

                                   ~ Nib of Nib's End ~




     “I’ve always found this a trying time of the year. The leaves not yet out, mud everywhere you go. Frosty mornings gone. Sunny mornings not yet come. Give me blizzards and frozen pipes, but not this nothing time, not this waiting room of the world.” 
                                                                           ~ Attributed to C. S. Lewis ~

3 comments:

  1. I have found this particular time of year also to be the most difficult.
    My only solace is the snow melts much faster and the temperature does not go below 0⛄

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  2. I note that Dr Ada has not yet commented on this lovely poem. Some people are so churlish.

    And, Mr Lewis, surely no time of year is trying when one pursues a grace-filled life. Listen for the birdsong, dear fellow!

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