Written as part of 52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge which I’m attempting this year.
Things I Like About Spring
Week 15 – Thankful Tuesdays
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda
To be absolutely frank, I am not fond of either spring or summer because of the heat. It’s unbearably hot for me, though the temperatures aren’t that high. But I agree with Neruda when he says that the season of Spring is not about the flowers in the garden. Yes, I love the gardens when they are full of new flowers and plants but Spring is always in the mind of a poet. For a poet in love, it blossoms words as much as flowers.
I’m thankful for the break from winter. I love the cold weather, but after a few weeks of it, it becomes a little too much; especially with my susceptibility to illness. I’m thankful for those flowers that I spoke of earlier. The world around me becomes more colorful. There are these beautiful cassia trees on the road to my office, and the various colors that come there are a joy to see. And being a poet, they’re a joy to write about too.
Looking back in time, one of the things I like about spring is the end of school term. Mid-March, the last answer of the last examination completed, I would sit looking at the second hand of the clock tick slowly for the last five or ten minutes, waiting for the long bell to signal that summer vacations had begun. And when it did, all of us would run out and ignoring our parents’ plea for information on how the exam went, head to the ground to play.
Yes. There are some things to like about Spring; even if it is a memory.
(© 14th April 2015)
Vinay Leo R.
Poetry & writing to me are to me, a breath of fresh air in a life that is sometimes covered by the smoke of sorrow or self doubt. They also become the sweets I share to celebrate when life offers me a reason to. But most of all, they are to me, my life. For each word I write is a piece of my heart, a thought that just had to find its way into the world.
Spring is so full of cheer, life and love that it lights up every single one of my days! 🙂
And those flowers you spoke of are just the tip of the iceberg 🙂
Except for the heat, every day of the year lights me up, Pooja 😉 And yes, when it comes to spring, the flowers are just the tip of the iceberg 😀 Though an iceberg might melt in the spring 😛