Yesterday, the blue and gray
Skies rolling overhead,
Sighing, seemed to me to say
The rivers had turned red.
Treading gentle on the grass,
I sought peace but found none.
April, she had come to pass,
Her faithful weeping done.
Musical, the ancient trees
Groaned with the bluegray sky.
Their duet, a mournful sound,
Spoke of a world awry.
One persistent hummingbird
Called, as if I could save
Her home from the fate I heard,
A hundred-acre grave.
As I trekked an ancient trail,
Trees around me died.
Had April seen her tears fail,
Longer she’d have cried.
Mariella Hunt 