Winter's Farewell Tear

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They fall tonight, like desperate tears

A pleading dance of woe 

Until the violet disappears

'neath frazzled flakes of snow

And all the verdure of first spring

Is blanketed in white

As winter, with a final fling

Muffles the countryside

The tender face of new-born leaf  

Shivers upon the limb

As overtures of winter grief

Falls on kind ears of spring

‘Be gone, ye fretting tide of chill

Each season hath its day

And though I bid to thee no ill

I cannot bid thee stay’

They fall tonight, the frozen tears

Of unrequited love

For none can halt the flow of years

That rolls from ports above

Beneath the snow the violet sleeps

At dawn the sun will smile

And melt the coat that winter weeps

Upon springs emerald isle

© Janet Martin

Winter made a desperate attempt to return last night,

Only to melt away in the morning sun