Year

It was springtime And the clouds shed their sombre, steely garb And revealed a softer, lighter hue The flowers stretched, Unfolded their petals And displayed to the world their radiant bloom Life stirred again after a hundred days of winter slumber And the sky was filled with the welcome return Of our spring friends Then summer came and children ran barefoot on the grass Rode bicycles And climbed sleepily into bed at dusk After long, hot and dusty days Summer crept away while people slept And left Autumn in it's place Trees were adorned in red and gold and swirling leaves fell everywhere Our friends took to the sky in flocks once more On their way to sunnier lands Then winter came And shook the leaves from the trees Sprayed frost over deserted lanes And glowing window panes