Colours

We thought we bunked off winter,

Sunshine drenched the world,

And gave us candy colours

Before the trees could show us

Their green and coloured finery.

 

Winter blew back,

And gave us drama,

It gave us shades of grey

And biblical troubled skies.

 

The world reminded us,

There is no green without the grey

That candy colours can never last

That nature has its cycles.

 

The last shock of winter

Came when the days

Should be lengthening and mellowing,

Reminded us that every colour is important.