Too Soon Spring

Here is a poem Paul's dad wrote. It's about the passing of Paul's brother, Steven, who was born premature and lived for only one day.

This phoenix rising through the snow, would with its blossoms bring, renewal of eternal hope

Too Soon Spring
The earth was dressed in her wedding gown,
As white as the driven snow,
Awaiting the coming of the spring time,
When all the flowers grow.


The ground was clothed in hoary frost,
As far as the eye could see,
The crocus bloomed resplendently,
The bride's bouquet to be.


This phoenix rising through the snow,
Would with its blossoms bring,
Renewal of eternal hope,
That it would soon be spring.


Springtime came with a sudden rush,
And with the heat of day,
The fragile bloom of the crocus flower,
Wilted and blew away.


Steven came with the hope of spring,
And blossomed for a day,
But like the fragile crocus bloom,
A guest who could not stay.


Now all too soon their beauty gone,
Lives but a memory,
Until the day when flower and son,
Bloom in eternity. 

~ R. Hardy