~~~~~Welcome, Spring!~~~~~
By Edna Pellen

At last, Spring has come!

She comes out, sprinkling the earth with rain to melt the snow

And blows her sweet breath to send away the cold

She wakes the animals and leads the birds back home

She pats the wet earth, telling the flowers to grow

She whispers with a grin to the trees

Telling them it's time to awaken from their winter sleep

She tells the sun where to shine, so that it may melt the ice

She teaches the birds a new song to sing

And she colors in the sky while waving to Winter as he passes by

With the new season a promise is fulfilled

Life has begun again, reborn after Winter's chill

Colors will bloom, gardens will be woven

And the way prepared for Summer with her sun so golden