Ode to Summer

Gentle rays hug the robin’s nest;

Lady Bug checks herself in a dewdrop.

Blooms and birds are dressed in their best.

Grasses tickle little bare feet;

Breeze ruffles laundry and chases clouds

While brows glisten and drip the summer heat.

Duties and delights beckon; hands busy in the sun.

Shade hosts picnics and water sends refreshing invitation

While contentment fills hearts from deeds done.

From day’s slow decline the shadows grow

And scents of day’s toils greet the dusk.

Smiling laughter relaxes around campfire glow.