The Ring

Autumn into winter into spring
Summer into autumn as the ring
Turns round once more as it has before
From here to here in another year
Always marked from autumn as the fall
Is the best time to begin to rise

I always like autumn best of all
But shiver under these winter skies
Till upside down autumn springs for me
Bringing back sunshine and greenery
As light to these winter-darkened eyes
Which though opened sometimes fail to see

Autumn into winter into spring
Summer into autumn as the ring
Turns round not quite as it has before
From here to there into everything
Everything I need and nothing more
Eyes though opened sometimes fail to see

+Steven Curtis Lance



Copyright MMVII