April's Sudden Enlightenment

April’s Sudden Enlightenment By Stina Lu April walks down from the decaying Chinese rose Pushes away the flirty wind Neglects the sunlight’s sudden closeness and farness Leaves wear a shining green crown which is granted by the season All charming flowers are ordered to fade The tadpoles are observant They turn into frogs, boasting and swaggering Birds in the woods are innocently delighted Singing an ode on the shivering throne A powerful symphony of destiny has hijacked the fragile ears of April Spring thunder is frightened into silence Rains are hiding in the clouds, self-blaming Wounded and scarred Flourishing flowers of yesterday lying on the ground Under a Lime Tree is April suddenly enlightened : Forgive all the lives, as the deaths always do