The Cruelest Month (April 5, 2017)

Barren scarred landscape

Coming out of mourning

As the long white overcoats

Are shrugged off

For another year.

The mating rituals

Of songbirds

Fill the air

Once more

From their winter siesta

In the Gulf of Mexico.

Brave little shoots

Fight their way

To the surface

Through the frozen soil

Embracing

The warming Sun.

Once more

Life has return

With the sound of bees

And other insects

After a long winter

Dormancy.

And yet

Humanity has found

Another brutal way

To turn back

The clocks.

As if

The centennial of Vimy Ridge

And other slaughter grounds

Of the First World War

Aren't enough.

Need to add 

Khan Sheikhoun, Syria

And other communities 

To the growing list

Of chemical warfare

Usage.

Yes

Indeed

April is cruel.

Therisa © 2017