The Girl Who Carried Spring
She walked through days of winter
with flowers in her mind.
The world had made her cautious,
but she remained gentle and kind.
She had known the taste of sorrow,
had watched good things depart,
yet somehow kept a garden
growing quietly in her heart.
And when they asked her secret,
how she stayed so full of grace,
she smiled and said, "I simply refuse
to let the cold become my nature."