Ice Diamonds

Although it doesn't seem possible, we received another huge snowfall yesterday.

Earlier, before the storm hit, the sun came out and with it

I felt the gentle touch of spring.

Here are my favourite clematis seed-heads wearing ice diamonds,

whose beauty is both rare and ephemeral.

"They say diamonds are forever,

Yes forever and a day,

But if diamonds are forever,

Then they must be here to stay.

I think love will live forever,

Way beyond forever's day,

It's not diamonds as eternal,

No matter what they say.

Diamonds are a fleeting fancy,

As soon they will be gone,

But if love is your true diamond,

It will ever linger on.

So if you are seeking diamonds,

And I know you always will,

Then just find the kind of diamonds,

That your life,

with love,

will fill.

"Diamonds are Forever"

By: W. Diane Van Zwol