After Winter

So this late night brings a spring rain
And it brings me back, brings me back…
It brings me back to the beginning
Back to the early morning

And in the drip of the drops
In the splashes and splatters

I hear…

The promise of a sprouting seed
The hope of a return to earth
The possibility of life after winter

And that winter made bears of us all
As we slumbered in those sleepy caves
We grumbled and growled at the cold
And we made a bed of our fat and fur

And we waited…

Now I listen to the March wind
Saying, something comes, something comes…
Something’s coming from the green ground
Something gone is on the rebound

And in the drip of the drops
In the splashes and splatters

I hear…

The promise of a sprouting seed
The hope of a return to earth
The possibility of life after winter