A New Heaven and New Earth

It's known to snow in April
Back in the States,
But by May, lawn chairs
Are out on patios, hedges are full
And summer's only a block away.
But in our Jerusalem
A cold chill persists in May -
Winds bang the door, toss trees
And I sit near the heat even by day.
O last signs of winter mingled with spring,
We are leaping out of Egypt forever -
No more will summer's heat
The rose wilt and dry -
When pear-tree blossoms fall this year,
Let it be on a new earth,
And when the rose opens,
Let it open to a new sky.