Meditations on April

I believe it was Eliot
who penned of the cruelness of April--
The cruelty of April--its only flaw--
is its inability to remain fixed in time.

Call me Romantic in this Post-Modern age--
I don't care; I have seen a sun so bright
that the beams wept rays of golden caresses
on all it touched--compelling them to shine.

I have felt the comforting embrace
of morning dew, fallen from the sky,
tenderly cradle nature's children--
the tulip, daffodil, and Easter lily,
who surrender to the heavenly nectar
and come alive.

I have never tasted of anything
sweeter than April's candied offerings,
nor touched anything softer than spring's firstborns.
And most importantly, I have never heard a sweeter melody
than that of April's chorus:
the song of children's freedom echo
winter has ended and all the world's outside.

So to Eliot, I proffer this question:
"When was April cruel to you?"
"When did the morning dew forget to fall?"
"Did you not see the sun, nor embrace its children?"
"And did you not hear the most glorious sound of all--
the sound of anticipation rise in the hearts of those who long for April--
your cruelest month of all."

~Andrea J. Sommers, April 19, 2009

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