There is the cold void of space
Expanding through your heart
Temperatures dropping
Daily
Every slight, every ding, every pain
We numb and withdraw
Our sap dropping from limbs to root
Our leaves fall beautiful
Into piles of decay
How to continue
Why go on
When it hurts
Grief overtaking
And spring is so far away
Don’t stay there in the heart of winter
Rest and repair and rise again
Capture each ray of sunshine
Be soothed by the songs of the birds
Revel in the blue, blue sky
Wrap the grey clouds around you
Sprout
Grow
Fly
The heart of summer is always within you
A blooming meadow
Paradise of butterflies and bumblebees
Keep warm
With the kind word of a friend
Laughter
A good book
Keep warm deep into the restless night
Keep warm kindled sparks in reserve
Until you become the star
