The Break of Springtime
The sun clears the horizon
The warm clearing away
Those last reminders of
Winter's cold bondage
Where snow was blanketed
Mud rules and those
First tender sprouts emerge
New birth, new beginning
As if woken from slumber
All nature begins to come alive
The birds sing and call to one another
A welcome home from some
Southern sunny locale
Birds gather twigs newly exposed
From a frosty blanket
In crooks of trees and shrubbery
Constructing nests of twigs, leaves, and bark
When at last completed
Three tiny eggs shall be laid
With tender care and watchful guard
Until from shell come thee
Tender young hatchlings
Into the beauty of spring
But yet the harsh danger
From beast shall mother keep watch
When time has come
And the day has dawned
That these may become on their own
One by one from that lofty perch
Shall mother cast thee from
In that short distance
From nest to ground
Either to soar or crash
Now is that moment of decision
The warm clearing away
Those last reminders of
Winter's cold bondage
Where snow was blanketed
Mud rules and those
First tender sprouts emerge
New birth, new beginning
As if woken from slumber
All nature begins to come alive
The birds sing and call to one another
A welcome home from some
Southern sunny locale
Birds gather twigs newly exposed
From a frosty blanket
In crooks of trees and shrubbery
Constructing nests of twigs, leaves, and bark
When at last completed
Three tiny eggs shall be laid
With tender care and watchful guard
Until from shell come thee
Tender young hatchlings
Into the beauty of spring
But yet the harsh danger
From beast shall mother keep watch
When time has come
And the day has dawned
That these may become on their own
One by one from that lofty perch
Shall mother cast thee from
In that short distance
From nest to ground
Either to soar or crash
Now is that moment of decision
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