GETTING LIGHTER
The days are getting much lighter, longer stays the sun,
It’s one of the first things I see when new year has begun,
The clouds were flying higher so as not to dull the sky,
And it is getting later when the birds homeward fly.
The wind still blows cold and keen snow in the air,
It will be a longtime before the weather is really fair.
The small creatures that we feed have that love look,
Twitterpaited it is called in one child’s story book.
Winter still has her long cold rule over our domain
Bringing to all of nature much heartache and pain,
But at the sign that the sun will a little longer shine
A great deal of comfort come into this heart of mine.
(Millicent) Ann Margetson 4 January 2005