I rise aloft above the springtime scene Of ***** grey browns and softest greens As from the twig new life is born Of catkin,leaf and newborn fawn And dotted here and there clusters of white Mewling lambs born in the night Busy birds encumbered by grass and twig Eager to create a place to live A nest so architecturally built Lined with down so soft and sweet And so the golden daffodil A golden jewel in springtime sun Her face a picture of delight From dull green to gold in dark of night This then is natures way Gone now winters grey cold Welcome springs warm days