The Winter of Forever

If this winter were a good friend, or the in-laws,  they long ago wore out their welcome!
The good old friend, the snow, came early this year, and stayed forever.
Now in mid-April, when spring long ago came, and Easter is near,
I want all of this snow out of here!
Begone, old friend.  Your time is up!

Don't be a greedy hog, and use up the time of the daffodils,
they are here so briefly, to show their glory.
You, however, get days and weeks and months to show your stuff.

Now I want to wear white and yellow to celebrate the resurrection.
I want the resurrection of the grass and the trees and the flowers.
If I wore white today, I would be invisible in the white white background of the forever snow.
But I refuse to wear my heavy coat!  I'd rather freeze in these cold degrees!

You had your play days of skiing and sledding and snowman making;
now give the bikes their time, and the swings and the slide.
I want to see children outside.

I want to feel the heat of the sun and sit on the deck when day is done;
or better yet, when the day begins.

Give spring her time, you greedy pig,
come back next year for a shorter stay.

Leave, I say, out the door!
I don't want you here any more!