Winter and Spring

When winter storms bring snow and ice and springs face hides beneath And life is draped in cold regret where jealousy sinks its teeth The road is dark and rough, though often traversed by those Whom to pain, aching, and heartache were often overexposed When winter storms bring snow and ice and spring burrows down under And all the fragments that make oneself are suddenly torn asunder We crash and stumble and often fall to knees that scrape and crack And misguided, mislead by those who take us off the beaten track When winter storms bring snow and ice and spring goes into hiding And good and evil deeds in life are somehow coinciding We change perspective overall and rise again to victory And to the sorrows that shape our past we give a valedictory