Early Spring
Early Spring. Sun on a day at February’s start sends a shiver of premature... Let’s try that again. Early Spring.
Sun on a day at February’s start
sends a shiver of premature warmth to the heart
and a glitter of hope to the Northlander’s eyes
as he cheers each degree of the temperature’s rise.
Relativity doesn’t get much thought up here,
but juxtaposition controls every year.
Days in the fall, thought to be ungodly cold,
now are seen as a sign that spring soon will take hold.
One must live in the frostbelt to know what it means
to these cabined-in folk to see temps in their teens.
But to those who have lived with belows for a while,
any reading above is good cause for a smile,
and cause for the shedding of ear flaps and boots
and for jumpsuits replacing their snowmobile suits.
Oh, we know that spring planting time’s not here just yet,
but it’s never too soon for our springtime mindset.