april

 now spring appears all verdant on the scene

there's weight of dust and water in the air

all eyes are taken by the sudden green

 

the change of seasons never comes quite clean

but winter's going with one sort of care

now spring appears all verdant on the scene

 

to reassure us that the great machine

continues working now the signs are fair

all eyes are taken by the sudden green

 

the starting colours almost seem obscene

after the starkness yet we cannot fear

now spring appears all verdant on the scene

 

as roughnesses are covered by a screen

of leaves and blossoms and now we stare

all  eyes are taken by the sudden green

 

of trees and bushes that we had long seen

bare and asleep so now a new affair

now spring appears all verdant on the scene

all eyes are taken by the sudden green