The Spring of Hope (Poem of the "Terrible Winter")

They stand apart, divided,
so different yet so together.
She gazes at him with longing, desire,
or is it fear?
Can she follow him out of this bleak, waste land?
Wanting to leave the cold, barren place,
he reaches his hand, grabbing the rail.
So many obstacles, so many barriers
denying him from his ascent.
The branches reaching into the sky,
pulling him upwards, seeking the warmth of spring,
the spring of hope.
The buds poking out of the ground, seeking light,
reaching towards the astral rays that
shoot down to crack the winter's wall.
Can this wall be cracked to let new lives burst forth?
Love, Hope, Desire,
reaching upwards,
bringing them together.