Emerge

The summer just went past by us,
One of the brighter ones, 
But you and I
Didn't enjoy the sunshine.

Clouded over with worry and angst,
We missed our best first months.
Still, against all odds
We carried on, love not lost.

Now it's raining all the time
The cold, dark and early nights
Set in, when
The shadows all still here to threaten.

"We have to survive only a little longer",
We say, as we huddle through the winter,
Step by step
We will make the miracle happen.

This hard beginning will come to and end,
And we, two second-chancers get a second chance,
From the mud
As a pair of flowers craving warmth, to emerge.