Ode to Spring Contentment
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From winter frost
Comes light and heat
And spurns some towards
An inner peace.
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Yet blind I am
to why it's so,
As 'tis a season
For plants to grow.
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A time of scents
And melting snow.
When renewed land
Takes up a glow.
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Rising on high
From winter cold,
Radiating life
From every node.
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But is it more
Than a fantastic dream?
Is there a reason
Why birds sing?
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Why lovers stroll
Down lakeside lanes,
And songs are sung
In whimsical ways?
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Why children scamper
And gleefully romp,
Round trees now green,
With fruit so plump?
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Springtime picnics
And 'fun in the sun,'
What's your secret
Oh placid one?
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Is it something I'll find
By examining you?
By joining in
With those things people do?
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Then I'll do just that
And study your ways
Play all those games
And relax in your shade.
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All things people do
To gain tranquility
I'll imitate well
To capture purity.
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To find such peace
Will take some time,
Yet the end result
Is peace of mind.
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Your key of peace
I hope to find,
And grasp hold,
And call it mine.
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~Narquem Kith'Vahni

Penned by my hand on the 1st of Bellum, in the year 587 AD.