As a glow shows in the horizon,

Giving warmth to the ground so frozen

And chasing away the white sheet off,

I awake from hay of slumber soft.

Panning my eyes out the barn, I see

The meadow blanketed without glee.

Nude woods color the empty landscape,

As chimney smoke grays up to escape.

Hear the horses neigh and the cows moo

As I shake my wounded arm anew.

My loyal cat comes up to lick

My wound so gently; I do not flinch.

Alas, light pours in through the window

As intense as I know long ago.

The grass in the meadow dance freely,

With floral friends and fully-haired trees.

My heart skips with joy: wait is over.

Today my lover will be back there

On the moss-covered fence on the east

Under the shade of magnolia tree.

With my wing fully healed, I fly out

Over the trees and the shoots en route

To the moss-covered fence on the east

Under the shade of magnolia tree.

Chirp, chirp, chirp, I sing,

Lis'ning for the voice I long to hear...

Chirp, chirp, chirp, I sing,

Rustling leaves, the only sound in here...

Chirp, chirp, chirp, I repeat...

Then I heard a response to my call.

But it was only of my cat's feet

-Of the one who loves me, after all.