Spring

Never give up, you wonder.
The sun shines just as warm today
as yesterday, and life is still wonderful.
Spring is here, and soon the little flowers
will all be in bloom,
the fruit trees blossoming,
and the hillside green with the new season.
You'll feel that sunshine
on your arms and smiling face,
and you'll feel the winter's ice
melt away in the new season's thrill.
Singing birds, rabbits in the lawn,
and that nameless spring-feeling all around.
It lives at the base of the neck,
it fills the muscles with warmth
and makes you want to laugh
and weep for joy
all at once.
Wonderful season,
life returning,
new vigor and a longing to move the world.
Hold close to that sacred spring season,
remember that life is good and pure,
and that the struggle for greatness
is its own reward.
Don't you dare to give up on life.

(Photo credit: "Cherry Blossoms" from Jeff Kubina on Flickr)

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