Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Hope During the Cold Days

It's cold--Alabama cold.
The ground is crusty--
Even the pansies and the camellias 
  have shriveled.
The birds still come though sparsely.
And in the middle of this winter

   the green shoots of daffodils
   are popping up all over my yard.
They are  everywhere--
   these prophets of spring.
They remind me that life stubborn,
   stubborn life goes on.
They teach me that the work
   of yesterday pays dividends tomorrow  
   and tomorrow and tomorrow.
What I thought was over and finished
   will come back every spring   
   long after I'm gone.                                           
                                        --Roger Lovette

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