THE FOOLS OF APRIL

Who are these Fools of April?

 

I know there are

old fools

and

young fools

and middle age fools

just having a crisis.

 

What about the Fools of February:

fools who fall in love,

spending their days pining

after a certain someone?

 

What about the Fools of September:

fools who love the start of the school year

with the smell of

pencil shavings

and

new notebooks?

 

Who are these Fools of April?

 

What about the Fools of January;

fools who believe a New Year

can be

a new start?

 

What about the Fools of December:

fools who believe the birth of a single child

can change the world?

 

What about the Fools of July:

fools who believe

liberty, independence, and justice

can live together

in a country?

 

Who are these Fools of April?

 

Ah yes, the fools who see

new life

springing from the ground

after

the death of winter

and believe there is hope

in every circumstance.

 

Maybe being a fool

isn’t such a bad thing

after all?