Out of Compost …Life

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Up from the compost comes new life

Some look forward to a long cold winter

I look forward to the flowers blooming in Spring

Daffodils can’t wait for winter’s cold to shine

In the midst of the rot and rubble they take root

Pushing upward with every warm day of Winter

Reminding me that it is not the losses of Summer

Nor the shedding of leaves in Autumn

But rather, hope lies in the eternal promise of Spring

As up from the compost comes new life

Pushing winter on its way

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Yesterday I noticed that the daffodils were already pushing their way up through the dead leaves. Our temperatures have been above normal, so they have started to reach for the sun. It will be another month or two till we see blossoms, but to see them there reminds me that Spring is not that far away, and there is life and promise for 2022!  Hopefully we too can gather strength and new life from the compost of 2021!

Photo taken this morning: Dwight L. Roth

35 thoughts on “Out of Compost …Life”

  11. This poem brought tears to my eyes! The lines, But rather, hope lies in the eternal promise of Spring, As up from the compost comes new life, is simply beautiful!!!!

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  13. Such a beautiful poem, Dwight! and how you feel, I feel the same way!
    Just to see the daffodils push up, strong and bright) through the dreary weather and “dead” ground does give us hope and joy! 🙂 A reminder that we, too, can survive the winter AND the “winterness” in life! 🙂
    (((HUGS)))

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