Summer’s peak
Amazing heat
Beats down upon our lowly brows
Rain’s delight
The clouds ignite
And cast their fury on the world
Humidity’s height
Holds you tight
Squeezing like a serpent’s grin
Vacation’s end
Farewell, my friend
And back to school and work again
Dedicated to teachers: That time is coming soon. May you enjoy the break while it lasts!
Not always feasible – it
Errs in its lack of
Verification (and its possibility):
Extreme statements are
Rarely totally true.
An overachiever A procrastinator
An extrovert An introvert
A tea-totaler A barfly
A talker A listener
A writer A reader
A watcher A dancer
A neat-freak A slob
All wrapped into one:
A singular mob.
Toes first, you sink –
Soft sand, separating,
Surrounding, embracing:
Warm and dry above,
Cool and damp below
In an entrancing duet.
The deep hushing roar,
Ever-present, soothes
In the back of your mind
As the children play,
And the gulls cry.
The first warm wave
Thaws and comforts,
Unclenching the trembling knot
Of winter’s chill:
A welcome relief.
The second, the third,
Unthaw the thawed,
Cooking the sun-warmed flesh
Then, smoking it to jerky:
A relentless intensity.
Soft, glowing memories
Of white flowers:
Tiny, touched with sunshine,
Sweetening the wind –
Sweeter still to the taste:
Overshadowed and lost
To an aggressive imposter –
Bitter and unscented:
Unsweet and relentless.
He waters the ground with patience, care.
He adds fertilizer and lays straw there.
He tends and tends and tears his hair,
But dead seeds won’t grow,
So the land stays bare.
Rewards must be balanced,
Integrated with chance – to
Stretch our strengths to new,
Keener heights.
twytte 