Spring Rain – a poem by Jennifer Skogen

Spring Rain

There will come a day
when this winter rain will change
to spring rain
though you can't imagine it now,
here, where you are living
deep in January. 
There will come a day when the air
will soften
like soil thawing
and your skin will soften, too,
expanding,
the way roots tendril outward
sensing they will find welcome.
And you will tilt your face to the sky
and whisper: oh, here you are!
Here I am.

Jennifer Skogen is the author of the young adult series, The Haunting of Grey Hills, and her work has recently been featured in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and Green Ink Poetry. Jennifer lives near Seattle, Washington, and goes hiking in beautiful places whenever it isn’t raining (and often when it is).