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NOW
THAT
APRIL'S
HERE
All
winter
long
I
waited
for
the
day
when
silent
trees
would
suddenly
awake,
reborn
beneath
a
golden
sun's
bright
ray.
I
longed
to
feel,
to
joyfully
partake
of
new
and
warmer
clime
that
whispered
hope.
When
frozen
snow
lay
still
and
ghostly
white,
I
dreamed
of
carpets
green
and
tried
to
cope.
The
end
of
winter
seemed
nowhere
in
sight,
and
yet
I
persevered
and
prayed
that
spring
would
gently
rouse
the
daisies
on
the
hill
and
prod
again
the
mockingbirds
to
sing
a
sweet
reprieve
from
winter's
morbid
chill.
Now
April's
here
and
slowly
I'm
aware
she
wears
a
crown
of
promise
in
her
hair.
Copyright
©
1996
Ruth
Gillis
First
published
in
the
April
1996
issue
of
Poet's
Review
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