The Newtown Bee is seeking residents to share short essays on observations of this world — and what is good — in unsettled times. Send your 500 word or less essay on what is right in the world for consideration to editor@thebee.com.We bring you the following contribution from Gary Winn.

By Gary Winn

April Speaks

Purple pops of crocus

daffodil trumpets blare

forsythia sunshine ‘xplosions

no dreaded dire scare.

For them the world’s not over

don’t care where we’ve gone

sun rings up the curtain

moon still draws it down.

April tells us everything

we really need to know:

“Stand together ‘gainst the wind,

and all your colors show!”