Spring’s Refrain

Sweet jasmine’s scent tickles my nose

Sun’s rays caress and pink cheeks

Fresh lavender’s fragrance flows

Coral poppies sway; lotus peeks

Spring breaks the winter chill’s back

Emerging from dismal, cold weeks

Gone are the trees, once with lack

Spring imbues life as she speaks

Flora, awakened; immortal

Baptized in the snow melt and rain

Cascading the canyons; creeks babble

With the birds of song; Spring’s refrain

Mountainsides splashed and adorned

Pastel hues poured, here and there

My heart once impatient; forlorned

Rejoices that Spring’s in the air

As my mind reminisces and ponders

The beauty and true miracle

When nature and seasons, asunder

Resurrect unto life, tangible

Photo Credit: Betty Hall Photography