Battle Of The Seasons

[twbanter]

The battle of seasons

Winters quandary, nagging at spring

Who knew the fury, springs snubs could bring

Not the wing, nor the bough

For these would shake snap and sting

When winter was rebuffed by spring

Spring who loved summer, but winter not

And spring had no idea the fury he’d bring

Had she only known

How subtle her let down of poor winter would be

But she didn’t

And he came with a madness

Freezing rain on everything!

Howling through the night

With a chill none could flee

He fiercely took out house, bough and tree

And covered in ice everything

In his maniacal spree

Then did the fury of his winds blow

To add to the misery

Now laughing and lost in his madness

He let go three feet of snow

On the already besotted below

Till spring ran up and courted his mind

Then he settled as if from a dream

And cried, what have I done,

What tempest has come?

None but your own, my frosty king, said spring

But give me a chance and I’ll right these wrongs

You mindlessly unleashed, for that is my job

That’s why they call me spring

His countenance softened, that’s why I love you so

Cannot you love me?

Oh but I do!

For without you I cannot be

And the earth rejoice in what’s next to be

Without you we surely would perish

In absolute apathy

How would the birds know when to breed?

How would the flowers know when to seed?

Winter sat back and thought about that

Spring, he said, my dearest daughter

It’s your turn to go and start the flowers

And she did as she always has

While winter slept, as it should be

As it always has been

And always will be

Now bursting forth she gleefully runs

Straight towards her Mother

The summer sun!

Fostering buds and nests throughout her long day

Running throughout new creations along the way

Subtly different from her ancestors, though still all the same

Watering the reeds, greeting new flowers in bloom

While the birds sang sensuous tunes

It’s their time too!

Unfettered she flies, free and generous

She wakens the skies, with their bountiful rains

Who drops Earths blood gently on the plains

She happily looks back at all she’s done

Her job now complete, the berthing now done

Summer glides near, and they embrace as one

Oh Mother I’ve missed you, I knew you would come!

My daughter I’m so proud of the lives you’ve now sprung!

I’ll take them from here and nourish with love

All the new life, the new little ones

Now go to your rest, don’t wake Father my dear

You know how he gets when his time comes near!

So gently spring seeped into Mother Earth

To rest ‘till her next time, her time for new birth

So summer did settle as Grand Mothers do

And watched from afar as the children all grew

She watched all their triumphs, their struggles to learn

She sometimes got stormy, tumultuous and stern

But bathed them with the love, only Grandmothers know

Embraced and delighted them with her radiant glow

From adolescence through adulthood

Beneath her life flowed

She basked in the glory as she watched all unfold

From pup down to fern, all things she fed

And she watched them grow up

Their lives tied as one

The harmonies’ which together they led

“Till she finally wearied the cycle now done

Autumn came gently, to tell her he’d come

Summer knew birth and death were both one

So sadly and painfully she had to succumb

Autumn said “Mother, you know this must be”

She took one last look, at the elders below

With a sigh in her heart, she knew she must go

Now autumns’ turn to do what was best

To weed out the old and lay them to rest

With fresh new clean air his countenance flowed

The animals gathered, while the trees all glowed

With vibrant brisk days and crispy cool nights

The creatures relented, to his strong gentle might

The animals fattened, the flowers lay down

Beautiful foliage gave mountains their crowns

The elders gave way knowing their time had come

And they would be ancestors to the new little ones

Slowly but firmly autumn did work

Giving fair warning of things yet to come

Alerting the flowers the bees’ and the shrub

They knew he meant business and what must be done

So nestled down snuggly they anxiously wait

For the one they new coming could be fiercely grave

Then one day a chill from the north did appear

And went on a rampage, autumn gravely did fear

So winter did come and pelted the trees

And stripped them all bare, down to every last leaf

He frosted the ground to keep them all there

Then covered them beautifully with deep clear white snow

Looking over his shoulder, because he knew spring would know

And soon she’d awaken and come with that glow

And then they would battle from his envy and love

Since the dawn of time, the law laid down

From the great mystery above…