winter begins

dim sky and drizzle wake the sleeping heart
the joy of this is so hard to explain
each laughs a moment to see matters plain

where we shall go was known before the start
all of the mixture happiness and pain
dim sky and drizzle wake the sleeping heart

each actor learns his lines and knows his part
the play's performed and does not take much strain
we watch and smile at the redeeming rain
dim sky and drizzle wake the sleeping heart