Not So Bad

Everything is hard
Before it is easy.

Just look at those birds
Picking out the seeds
In the driving vernal snow.
Hunkered down downy
Staying strong
Full feathered and waiting…
And HA!
There it is
The Sun
Dosing us all in its
Everlasting glory.
Improbable, yet dependably warm.

And they know like we know:
Not so bad,
Becomes oh so better,
As hard cold snow
Becomes easy heat.