Summer Love

My fickle lover, Summer

                                                             Has run from me again

                                                             And left me with another 

                                                             Whose cold I do not ken.

           Winter's arms have wrapped around me

                        The bonds are tight and cold.

        I turned my eyes beseechingly,

       As the sky turned white then snowed.

A speck of color I do seek

Amidst this muddled gray.

                        For all the palettes that I yearn

                        Have all been swept away.

                       My skin caressed

                       With warmth and light

                       Is what I most desire.

                       Bring it here to me once more

                       And set my soul on fire.

                      I know my Summer loves me

          For a melody I hear,

                      As night air softly whispers

                      Into my upturned ear.

                    So hurry back to me, my love,

                    My summertime delight.

                    Please take away the cold, the gray

                    And endless winter night.

                    Yet, as a faithful lover

                     I eagerly await

                     For Spring to send a message

                     That Summer won't be late.

                    And sure enough,

                    A promise kept

                   As I looked up to the hills

                   And found them covered - all ablaze

                   With scores of daffodils.

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Summer Love BK © 2007