Deep and wet is the ocean

Vast and blue is the sky

Buds burst forth in the lengthening days

Demeter’s daughter has arrived.

With tender blooms and birdsong

Foliage green and lush

Springtime promises newness

Fresh starts for all of us.

Soft breezes scented with floral perfume

Evenings on the porch

Fireflies dance over fresh-mown lawns,

Each one a tiny torch.

Rejoice in Springtime, this season of light!

More sun lifts all hearts high.

Dance barefoot in the rain every chance you get

Under a rainbow’s arc in the sky.