April

Cotyledons unfolding, as

The embryos of April form

Shedding winter coats and molting,

Sloughing sweaters and outer warms

Slipping from our socks and morphing

Hatching as our cells transform

Emerging as a little sapling

Unfurling like a pink newborn

April makes us feel like babies

In our new skin, feel the warmth

Exoskeleton starts forming

From callused heals and little thorns

Here comes winter with a vengeance

Crawl into my bed once more

Then the snow starts gently falling

button up my winter coat

Share a cigarette with silence

I’m freezing and I start to mourn

Shedding winter coats and molting

Spring is knocking at my door