In Between

While intellect

and experience

assure

no guarantee

winter is

vanquished

blue skies

and bare ground

tantalize

with promises

of spring

Squirrels engage

in raucous conversation

across the branches

and birds gossip

and call

Ducks in flight

dither

first winging north

then wheeling south again

We are all

balanced

in between 

caution

and hope