Change is Coming

This ice is melting

The weather is changing,

You see?

No, you can't;

Because it hasn't yet reached 32 degrees

So everything is still frozen

But it's getting so much closer, do you realize?

A week ago it was minus ten, but now it's in the twenties...

I know the snow is still here but,

It's so much closer to melting...

You don't see it yet,

But just a few degrees more and

It will be melting

A few days more and

It will be changing

The water will go running,

And then -

I will be free...

Just a few more degrees

And ice becomes water,

With nothing in between

That's why it is so hard to see.

That change is indeed coming,

For the temperature is rising,

But everything will seem to happen

All of the sudden

When really, it's been coming,

For all these days, and months,

and years

Warmth enough to melt the icebergs

Enough to crack these ancient blocks of tears.

I have been waiting a long time,

But the temperature is rising,

And soon summer will be mine.