Spring Arrival

How the birds chitter chatter and the church bells ring. Daffodils fill the graveyard and are picked by passers-by. Families attend the spring fair where a florist sells arrangements. The chided children are guilty of picking flower petals but are Pacified by their parent’s sternness by partaking in a Spring dance. Dancing deer dart away out of view in the village field. Freshly hatched chicks are made victims of the foxes. But not before the farmers so threaten their temptation by A gunshot or two. Another Spring rainfall, the grass greener and greener still. Dogs are walked in the woods where children accompany wilfully. They attend church with holy communion and in his honour bread and wine is consumed. In his remembrance of his resurrection, it is such a ritual, and they are thankful for his offering.