subsequent to a sustained sleep
during which the wind whines
and the trees weep,
morning has decisively arrived.
from beneath darkness,
the hollow and
the melancholy:
Romance stirs, slowly
dismissing his frost-bitten
blanket. unfolding
like a feline,
in the sunshine
through drowsiness
he smiles.
and flowers sprout up
to meet him,
birds greet him,
harmonizing a honey-
coated melody,
serenading
the awakening
renaissance
and thriving,
after a winter of
denying
spring.
