In the blink of an eye

The silver that was once winter changes into the first day of spring.

I watch the people around me gasp

As the petals of fresh cherry blossoms graze their soft skin.

I feel the warmth from spring

Swallow part of the Earth as the cold shrinks away.

The trees that were once still corpses

Now sway back and forth with the spring breeze.

Everyone's hardships, troubles, and conflicts

All begin to fade along with the melting snow.

~a poem by Elizabeth Kay on the first day of Spring~