Nichole Nordeman

Every Season

Every evening sky
An invitation
To trace the pattern stars
And early in july
A celebration
For freedom that is ours
And i notice you
In childrens games
In those who watched them from the shade
Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder
You are summer

And even when the trees
Have just surrender
To the harvest time
Forfeiting their leaves
In mid-september
And sending us inside
Still i notice you when change begins
And i am braced for colder winds
I will offer thanks for what has been and whats to come
You are autumn

And every thing in time
And under heaven
Finally falls asleep
Wrapped in blankets white (?)
All creation
Shivers underneath
And still i notice you when branches crack
And in my breath on frosted glass
Even now in death you open doors for life to enter
You are winter

And every thing thats new
Has greatly surfaced
Teaching us to breath
And what was frozen through
Is newly purposed
Turning all things green
So it ends with you
And how you make me move
With every seasons change
And so it will be as it outta be
Creating me
Summer Autumn Winter Spring