Spring Fever
By Janet Mae Best

Spring is pushing through
I can hear it in the trees
buds reaching and stretching -
screaming from within
to once again see light.
Warm air surrounds,
each petal painted
a different color -
pink, purple, white.
Sweet fragrance added
to please those passerbys
who cannot restrict themselves
to be indoors.
And we see the rainbow of colors
unearthed and sprinkled through
whispy hills and crowded streets.
Subtle energy explodes
in a fever that is "Spring."