PAD Challenge day 3-Waiting for spring

-For today's prompt, write a connection poem. My daughter sent me this picture of Dear Granddaughter, and three wordsWaiting For Spring🌺☔🌞 'Do I have your permission to use it with a poem?' I asked to which she replied 'of course' Ah, just beyond bedraggled fronds of remnant drifts of snowBeyond the umber overtones before green starts to showBeyond the gate where we still wait with umbrella in handWhile raindrops waltz from leaden vaults across storm-sobered landI sense the steady trundle of a sturdy wagon heapedWith a three-season bundle to be sown, tended and reaped Ah, just beyond the pond still chilled with winter’s aftermathI hear the dance of bare feet spilled to dusty garden pathAnd like a teapot tipped to pour sweet sips of mint or chaiI feel the earth, an eager cup lifted to catch the skyWhere just beyond the bondage of what Time alone sets freeI sense an immense barrage of buds turned to melody Ah, just beyond the wall we cannot scale or clap apartI sense the love and laughter of a color-happy heartAfter winter has gone the way of every winter-oldAfter earth’s rags of brown and gray are laid with green and goldAfter the part after the art that draws ajar spring’s gateI know once more we will admit that it was worth the wait © Janet Martin Ah, just beyond the pond still chilled with winter’s aftermath... After the part after the art that draws ajar spring’s gate...