Spring of a New Time

Beneath the ash and soot

Below the birds who were

So wholly ignorant

As they sang their own song;

Thrilling, new, bittersweet

Sprang the closely tended

Beloved lush green shoots

For some, the season's signs

Marked not only new life

But signified a change

No more an ignored race

Happily fumbling through

The simple carefree life;

Now the line of heroes

No longer hidden as a wand'ring fiend

But crowned with the long awaited kingship

And given the companionship of love

Guide to some, saving warrior to all;

Now beloved leader of a nation

Second best has now proven character

And with the dawning of a new era

Known as faithful, valiant, loyal and true

Now joint with the daughter of kings; shield maiden

These comrades few, closed the final chapter

They changed their stories to victory

And remembered they will be...As Spring Blooms.