Here Comes Summer

Here comes summer.

Long days of bright sunshine

and shiny warm evenings

stretching into starry nights.

We have waited a long time for the thaw,

for the ice to melt 

away.

Sometimes the clouds gather briefly,

the dark ones,

not the fluffy whites.

Sometimes there’s a shower of rain,

perhaps refreshing,

perhaps thundery

when the clouds let fall their tears.

But for now there’s warmth and heat

and pleasure

with warm moist days to follow

when the sweet leaves begin to fall.

And a winter of blue skies

belying the cold,

so we can almost believe that summer is still

with us

and we are not lost as the freezing fog

descends

to envelop us

again.

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