water melts with the warmth of the sun
flows down the stream.
snow is not to be seen for some months now.
green leaves soothe the eyes-
grasses carpet the earth.
lonely birds get together to chirp songs of happiness,
in no time three months of winters are forgotten.
spring is welcomed whole heartedly,
before summer burns us down again.
don't they know, it passes too fast
and we have too long to wait?
each part of nature is too busy renewing itself-
living only in the present.
"what about my dried out falling hair-
it only thins out with each successive year"
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Photo Credits: public domain
26 comments:
Reverently renewed - lovely phrase... this is a beautiful poem and a beautiful photo to go with it. "don't they know it passes too fast..." Nice. Happy Spring!
Funny, sad and true...living in the present, I've been hearing that again and again lately. Maybe somebody is trying to tell me something :)
Thanks
Beautiful piece.
I love these lines:
each part of nature is too busy renewing itself-
living only in the present.
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this is beautiful, gautami.
the last 2 line, about the falling hair, you don't have to remind me. :)
how I wish it was like that here but we are blanketed in snow!
A lovely picture to go along with a lovely poem !
I could use some of that melting and renewing about now!
Lovely ... with a fun punchline.
Love the title...a great picture of words.
Lovely title but those that are renewed have to die first. Maybe our hair must too?
perfectly timed... green leaves soothe the eyes... i agree wholeheartedly... full of beautiful images of spring...
A very gentle soothing poem. Nicely done as always -:)
"water melts with the warmth of the sun" - love that, gautami! Lovely poetry that evokes the all the seasons. Did you re-read Siddartha because I called you gautama last week? Ha!
so well said gautami... i have seen 47 springs,, and each and every one no matter how greatly anticipated,, turned summer well before its time.....
I have to learn from your poem: to live in the present like Nature. There is a reason it does so. This is so beautiful.
One beautiful post, image and poem, excellent.
How delightful this is. And a lovely knowing smile at the very end.
Beautiful spring words and the perfect photo to go with it.
Such a lovely (and delicate) image to accompany your Spring poem … complete with a chuckle at the end. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my OSI this morning.
Hugs and blessings,
those last two lines..had me smiling...you do all these very well.
the natural cycles and the passing of time so well captured!
great ending!
Ah, it does pass much too quickly after such a long anticipation. Beautiful.
Spring always seems like a hiatus, an adjustment from ice before the burning of summer.
Your thoughts reflect the spring oment beautifully!
Gemma
this is so wise...a reminder to live in the present :)
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