Spring Prospects

The sky appears a
vast lake of
Mediterranean blue
crowning the early spring
landscape. The sun's
sheer brilliant energy
does not yet warm
the briskly frigid
atmosphere, still
lingering at winter's call.
From a forest glade
the air is sweetened
by a cardinal's
divine trill. The
small, furred creatures
of the forest venture
from nests and dens
awakened to early
spring prospects.