promise of march

the southern aspect of a season's tale

when clouds have parted and the days advance

with kinder sunlight into springs expanse

just at the point where hearts might seek to fail

is our new vantage right here we inhale

both air and sound the enemies of chance

encourage hearts to feel the hope of dance

and with a new enlightenment to sail

good airs inspire the lungs and cause the feet

to find their rhythm with the season’s change

in a new blend that came from over sea

a deeper wiser measure of the street

bringing homeward what was once so strange

to make us in the end a bit more free