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# Ode to Spring

## When the sun shines

Dr Phil Daughtry

When the sun shines  
Dreams long buried  
Under permafrost of cares and concerns  
Will begin to thaw  
Their tendrils rising.

When the sun shines  
The brittle ice  
Of our secret prejudice  
The hardness in our eyes  
Gives way to a gentle warmth.  
Hospitality to the stranger  
Empathy for the struggle.

When the sun shines  
Waters of mercy begin again to flow  
And the cruel world  
We thought so harsh and barren  
Reveals its hidden treasures  
That which has long lain waiting  
For the first kiss of Love  
The breath of Life.

When the sun shines.

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