Little sleepy heads, don’t you know?
I’ve left food for you, here in the snow!

No longer do I note your tracks,
Your food remains in these huge sacks!

You’re safe and warm, in your “nest”
With fur so warm, as winds blow west!

I’ll see you, in the spring, again!
When snowflakes cease………
And comes the rain!

You’ll come then and bring your young,
Seeing them is always fun!!

You are mothers much too soon!
Last year, you were “new” in June,

Nature moves at “lightning” speed,
Making new, from tiny seed!

I can’t keep up! I miss a beat!
New life arrives quickly, at my feet!!

by: Pauline Banning

Poem copyright © by Pauline Banning
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