The advantage of winter is spring

when resurgence of life in a trillion trees

starts to net the empowering sun.

All the flowers and leaves that unfold

provide insects and cover to make the birds sing

and the nectar to fatten the bees.

The new cycle of nature begun,

even mammals and men must respond to the hold

of the temperate seasonal swing

from dejection when cold winters freeze

to the hope and the plans that soar up with the sun

making summer green worth more than gold.