Winds of Summer

      With the comming of Summer,
        the winds of change seem to calm.

      The heat of the sun
        draws us at a slower pace.

      And we progress forward through the season,
         with great reluctance to see it's end.

      We seemingly pack more into longer days,
         trying foolishly to lengthen them even more.

      Declaring all the while that all this
         is in the pursuit of relaxation.

      I have never felt that pursuit
         and relax could be contained in the same sentence, 
            let alone a season.

      Yet,
         ... somehow ... Summer encompasses all that.   

"Copyright 1996 by Catherine Lee Litten ©"