Spring

In the sham dull crevices 

Of this abysmal monochrome 

Let the rainbow seep 

And stain its nooks and crannies 

With new life and vibrance. 

Rebirth is here.

Let the summery winds

Make sweet love to the wintry breeze

And let spring be born of the love

Keep away the dreary desolation of winter 

And heed the hot sweat of summer at bay.

New life fills the old bodies 

As the emaciated maples renew their vigour 

And the apples and honeysuckles fruit

As leaves fill the bald boughs.

Bountiful bosom of earth be praised.

The forest be bejeweled in red hibiscus 

And flaming gulmohar 

In flowers known and unknown 

In colours seen and unseen 

A kaleidoscope of shades.

Sweet melody of cuckoo fill the air

Seducing spring into existence as

Life emerges again from dead ashes 

And sleeping beauties wake into the new dawn.

The cycle of nature be praised.