Spring snow
A bitter reminder
of nature's fickleness
and comfort's transience

A slap to the face
back to reality
winter's not dead yet
and never quite gone

spring snow
tops off the resevoir
melts into topsoil
softens the earth

cold mother
of summer's abundance
harsh midwife
of creation's rebirth

spring snow
sharpens the senses
teaches us patience
tempers our hope