We call our attention to Winter,to the coldness,to the stillness,to the darknessand the white-ness.We recognize the stirrings of life deep withinour earth; deep withinourselves:Energies curled in seedsbelow blankets of snow, frost, stone, and soil.Mother Earth is stirringand we are stirred;Stretching, feeling, reaching throughthe coldness, the stillness,the darkness and white-ness.