Winter's Coming

Winter’s Coming

Once the leaves begin to change, and the seasons start to wind,

Awareness that the world has turned embarks upon our mind.

The days grow short, and a chill ensues, a little at a time,

With a vigor for us to opt to see... or ignore the signs

That winter’s coming – all too soon, for some of us - we sigh

Longing for those summer days, filled with happy times.

Winter can be a bitter place, with nothing left to find

Or a time and place of love for all things God has intertwined.

It is our choice to hate or love the wintry Days of life,

But icy days can offer, too, some memories with spice,

It is our choice to linger in, or run outside to play,

In Winter’s wonder land of joy in bleak and snowy days

The seasons of our life turn 'round each and every year

The years roll on and soon we find that winter's growing near

In life’s grand plan for every man, in sorrow and in cheer,

We make a choice to love our life, or hate the times we fear.

Embrace your life in summer’s day, the fall, and winter too

Love every season of every year, as a gift from God to you

Without the spring, no flowers bud, the world becoming new,

But winter’s cold helps make it work for all things, God’s review.

Winter’s coming – it’s a fact – for all folks young and old,

Some live the day, some try to stay in summer days of gold,

But this one thing is clear to us – His blessings are foretold,

No matter what the season brings – in winter’s days of cold –

Or breezy days of autumn’s might – He’s always Nature’s Lord.