Pale alabaster skin
once summer bronze,
snowfall and cold
leached out the color
and made skin as white as snow…

Like a caterpillar emerges from it’s chrysalis
so do we from wrapped coats and blankets,
just as does the earth from snow

The first warm days
bikini donned
or cutoffs and tank tops.
Working in the yard,
fishing or a boat ride
skin soaks up the sun
changing colors
like the greening of brown grass and trees.

Wind and rain bring new beginnings,
Cabin Fever cured.
Vitamin D, replenished
Much like photosynthesis in plants,
skin bronzed again
tan lines forming

Springs warmth absorbed.