Spring

(Picture Credit - Orsi (Love Emotions))

 

At long last Winter wanes

Slackening her icy grip

On our frozen land.

Those tiny buds

Have shown their heads

Above the parapet.

Spring’s summer promise

Wafts through the air:

The ghost of life

Warming everywhere.

I found a rhyme!

That’s so sublime.

Those Muses have awakened too.

All’s moistened by the morning dew.

Wizards of the word can now rejoice

At Nature’s wonder,

Singing with a soulful voice

And a crack of thunder.

April showers

Sooth the bowers

As May is on the way.

Soon it will be June in bloom

And an August holiday.

Is Spring or Summer my favourite season?

Well both are better than Winter’s treason.

It’s great to have these longer days

And soon we’ll be lounging in sunny bays.

Paul Butters