MAYBE…

Maybe there’ll be a golden sun
Maybe there’ll be clouds
Maybe there’ll be rain-drops spattering the ground

Maybe there’ll be cherry blossom
Maybe apple trees
Maybe there’ll be lavender all over buzzing bees

Maybe there’ll be woodlands
Maybe with some deer
Maybe there’ll be a tranquil pond, shining crystal clear

Maybe there’ll be brown pheasants
Maybe birds that fly
Maybe there’ll be blue bells against the sapphire sky

Maybe there’ll be foxes
Maybe hunting in the night
Maybe there’ll be feathery owls, gently taking flight

Maybe there’ll be silver fish
Maybe sleek tadpoles
Maybe there’ll be some dormice, vanishing into holes

Maybe it is coming soon
Maybe it’s months away
Maybe it’s the best time of the year…the glorious month of
May

© Maryam Khan
MAYBE was shortlisted in the Key Stage 2 (Ages 7-11) category of the 2018 Young Muslim Writers Awards, a Muslim Hands project presented in association with the Institute of English Studies at the School of Advanced Study (University of London).

Children aged between 5 and 16 can submit their entries to the 2019 competition which closes on 15th August. For further information visit www.ymwa.org.uk