Gestation

After 11 months
we're happy to make a fuss
as it's been a loooonngg wait to see
something that will please you and me.

All through long days or weeks when too much snow came
and other weeks when there wasn't enough rain
they wait and wait as we count the months down
when this delivery is seen in our town.

For each new birth is something to be celebrated
after we wait and wait through the gestation period.
All through long weeks when it was too hot and humid
we patiently waited as they silently hid.

Hidden in a dark cocoon,
morning, night, and noon, a womb
protected them
during gestation.

And still they waited
activity bated
as it wasn't time
for them to shine.

Through the final months, though,
they waited under snow.
The wait seems like it is taking too long.
Each new day feels like a week prolonged.

This incubation
or hibernation
continues through January
and all through February.

Will this long pregnancy ever end?
Everyone's counting the days until when
this new birth
arrives on earth.

Then one day, through the snow,
new life begins to show.
The 11 months is nearing completion.
It's almost time for their presentation.

Who will be born
one chilly March morn?
Who waited 11 months
and arrives with a fuss?

Tiny white snowdrops
and daffodils will pop,
crocus' add to the array
when spring gives birth this glad day!

Their debut
creates a view
that is worth the wait
no matter which state.

Look for hyacinths,
followed by tulips,
alliums
also blossom.

Celebrate
spring's due date.
A time of rebirth
upon planet earth.

* * * * *

What a long wait it seems to see spring born.
What a long wait it is to see the newborns!
Each season winter follows autumn
then it begins all over again.

After winter is past
spring begins with a blast,
a parade, a show, a gala
of brightly colored flowers.

See!  The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth.
Song of Songs 2:11-12