April 2023

On the trees Sway pretty leaves, Flowers bloom As I look through my room. Here comes spring, Nature rings.

A splash in the water, breaking the silence Before a second one follows. Carefully I step out, Directing my feet away from Elusive little gray Fish, darting to and fro, and those water bugs, Gliding gently, before Hastily rushing off the moment I stamp my giant black boots. “You Just scared them away!” And I Know we’ll always do that, and when we Leave the park, More fish will come, to celebrate that the Notoriously huge people left, Of course, falling silent as more arrive, Particularly children. Quite a lot of noise comes, and I can Remember that all the Silence is only Temporary, and absolutely everyone enjoys Using the water, listening to the Valuable sound of Water skating over the rocks like a Xylophone’s mallet flowing over it, and I Yearn to stay, to watch water bugs Zip away as I try in vain, laughing, to catch them.