Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Good-Bye Summer

Good-bye Summer
Good-bye Summer, with your days filled with light and heat,
your green lushness, blue blue skies, and colorful flowers seen on the side of the road.
Good-bye to the sounds of children’s carefree laughter, the buzz of bees, cicadas, and birdsong.
Good-bye to the smells of freshly mowed grass, roses, and hamburgers grilling mixed with the smell of gunpowder on the 4th of July
Good-bye to the taste of iced tea on a really hot day, of peaches fresh from the farm, of cotton candy at the summer fair.
Good-bye to the feel of cool grass between my toes, to the sunshine on my skin, the thump of a thunderstorm felt in the bones.
Good-bye Summer, with your nights filled with mystery and warmth,
your dark velvet comfort, star filled skies, and fireflies under the trees..
Good-bye to the sounds of frogs at twilight, cricket song, and the music of distant parties on the lake.
Good-bye to the smell of honeysuckles through the bedroom window, gas fumes mixed with food smells as I drive down Roan Street with my windows down, and the wet freshness of an over night rain.
Good-bye to the taste of blackberries picked that day, milkshakes made with much laughter and messiness, and a chilled Riesling after dinner on the deck.
Good-bye to the feel of cool sheets after a hot day, cool breezes from off the lake, the drowsiness felt after a hard days work in the yard.
Good-bye Summer.

2 comments:

Caterina Giglio said...

I feel it too, miss summer with a capital M. we will get more warm sunny days here in CO, but the cold spell we just had was a fast reminder that winter is on the way and it will be a frigid one! yikes!
also... so sorry about the post concerning your Mum, I can really relate to your lack of assistance from the Medical profession. I use the internet now for just about everything, they have sold their souls to paying big mortgages and have lost their oath. sad to say!
caterina

Seth said...

What a nice tribute to summer! ANd now it is time to say hello to autumn...with all its own wonder.