Seasons to Mend

The winter came like a letter

I wasn't ready to read

Snow on the mailbox

And sorrow on every street

I wrapped myself in blankets

Kept the world behind my door

Some hurts freeze a woman's heart

Down to the wooden floor

But March winds shift the shadows

And the robins find their song

I swept the dust from corners

Where the quiet had grown strong

There's a map inside the lilacs

Of the girl I used to be

Spring forgiveness comes in petals

That fall so easily

Healing takes its seasons

And each one knows its part

Winter grief, then April rain

To wash the ache from heart

Summer joy will find me

Autumn endings teach again

Oh, the wheel keeps turning softly

Through the seasons that mend

By June the river shimmered

Like a silver thread of grace

I learned to laugh in sunlight

Till it warmed my tired face

There's a freedom in the open fields

Where blue horizons bend

Summer joy is just a promise

You can finally trust again

Then autumn paints the fences

With a rust of letting go

I walked the yard at twilight

Where the colder breezes blow

But I found peace in endings

In the crackle of the leaves

Sometimes loss is just the harvest

Of a life that still believes

Healing takes its seasons

And each one knows its part

Winter grief, then April rain

To wash the ache from heart

Summer joy will find me

Autumn endings teach again

Oh, the wheel keeps turning softly

Through the seasons that mend

I used to fear the changes

The cold, the bloom, the fall

But now I see the beauty

In the rhythm of it all

Healing takes its seasons

And I'm learning where they lead

Through the storms, the blooms, the quiet rooms

They're stitching up the seams

And whatever waits tomorrow

I'll meet it like a friend

With a heart made strong and steady

By the seasons that mend