April is the cruellest

As March ended

Speeding towards its end

Lassitude of winter hibernation forgotten

April burst in

Spring heralding

Spring bursting at its seams

Spring , loud and getting boisterous

Spring, forcing life

On winter ravaged wastes

Spring , tumbling tendrils

Of growth

Spring, just the forerunner

Of summer heat

Of  baking days

And thirsty nights

Scorching, stamping out life

That Spring in its fecundity created

April is the cruelest

The balminess masks

The heat around the corner.