it happened overnight.
one day we were sat inside
shivering against winter’s grey stare
when suddenly, wonderfully,
bright fingers of life
surged up from the ground
to pull a new light down.
and all the stillness,
all the muted colour
was stirred up into a humming
sun-touched riot –
yellow and pink splashes
and green upon green.
– Gideon Heugh
Gideon Heugh 