May

"What good is sitting
Alone in your room?"

A quiet settles upon the town.
The sunshine calls to all and sundry
Saying "come outside,
What harm can one afternoon do?"

Ignore it for now.
Ignore the carefree laughter of children
For whom "May" means
Barbeques and football and playing in the park.
Focus on books and paper.
Count down the days.
Just four weeks.
Focus for another month
And then we can do whatever we wish.
A reprieve.

Personally,
I'm looking forward to a picnic day.
Friends sprawled on the grass,
Sandwiches and strawberries and summer.

Then three months at home
Over too soon,
Most likely.
No time at all before
The last touch of summer on a golden countryside
Signals back to the grindstone.
Focus for two more years of this.

And then we can do whatever we wish.