And Then It's Spring

And then it’s spring        

written by Julie Fogliano  illustrated by Erin E Stead 

First you have brown, all around you have brown.

Then there are seeds,

And a wish for rain, 

And then it rains.

And it is still brown, but a hopeful, very possible sort of brown,

An is that a little green?

No, it’s just brown sort of brown.

Then it is a week,

And you worry about those little seeds.

And if maybe it was the birds,

Or maybe it was the bears and all that stomping, 

because bears can’t read signs that say things like 

“Please do not stamp here - there are seeds and they are trying.”

And then it is one more week,

And the brown, still brown, has a greenish hum that you can only hear 

if you put your ear to the ground and close your eyes.

And then it is one more week, and a sunny day, 

That sunny day that happens right after that rainy day.

And you walk outside to check on all that brown,

But the brown isn’t around and now you have green, all around you have green.

- The End -