Different Seasons for The Same Reasons

A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart. - Thoreau

there's snow in my eyes

it's no big surprise

it happens every year

when summer lies down and cries

suffering a heated demise

maybe its just a guise

because after all, they do share the same skies

bake the same pies

walk with the same bulging, thunder thighs

sharing the same sunrise

maybe they're allies

hoisting the same golden prize

always willing to baptize

it's not just what a season implies

'tis what it doth comprise and advise

there's nothing to despise

they're just different stores,

likewise,

part of the same franchise

painting the same winking eye that never dries

neither of them ever lies

and that's no surprise

Author's Note

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth." - Thoreau