012723 sonnetta A Brief Reprieve

A Brief Reprieve

Our roof dripped snowmelt all night long,

The morning sun lit distant skies

Their pink and baby blue belong

To fairy tales and children’s cries

Of lookie there, the clouds are shrooms

And marshmallow puffs drifting by,

And thus most days the scene resumes;

This morning’s breeze has heaved a sigh.

A January thaw has cursed,

Today the puddles fill with drain,

Tonight will freeze, expand and burst,

Our roads won’t long withstand the strain,

And nearly two months early too

When season’s thaw in March is here

And flushing rain will help renew

With blush new growth of colored cheer.

This here is just a brief respite,

As Winter snow returns tonight.