I love the metaphor of seasons. It’s almost spring, in real life too.

Waiting for spring

Springtime is coming

It’s time to plant

Even now the first shoots are here

I can see enough to know that

It is definitely coming

See through the mist

The sun is shining

Today’s frost

May well be the last one

Winter is when the hard work happens

Clearing space for new things to grow

The pruning,

Preparing the soil,

Planting the seeds,

Watching and waiting

The winter of quietly waiting, dreaming and hoping

Is nearly over

The coldness of winter

Feels a lonely void

In the warmth of spring

New life grows

And fills the empty void

The seasons can’t be hurried

All one can do is prepare

And wait