Wait, sleep and rest awhile

Said Winter with her shivery smile.

Snuggle deep beneath my snowy coverlet

Safe and secure, till Spring's song awakens you.

Reeds whisper to the naked trees

Secrets spread by a wintery breeze.

They hide the waiting bird that listens to the song so faintly heard.

Not yet, my timid heart.

Soft fog fingers glide and gently part

To see the chicks that hide beneath your ruffled wings.

Beware walker who blunders nigh,

seeking home with many a sigh

To wake the sleeping chick with flustered start

Who flees to the safety of a swift flowing stream.