A Volunteer

It will be spring soon,
It will be spring soon -
And I, whose childhood
Is a forgotten boredom,
Feel like a child
Who comes on a scene
Of adult reconciling,
And can understand nothing
But the unusual laughter,
And starts to be happy.

From "Coming"
by Philip Larkin, 25 February 1950.

This crocus has fascinated me for a day or two but it has only just offered to open its petals in today's sunshine.

This manifestation is in the middle of grass where flowers do not normally grow and I am frightened of stepping on it. My wife calls such a manifestation a "volunteer".