Billowing winds of summer
Billowing Winds
It comes when most needed as if a lover
from the annals of the history of love
a soft gentle breeze in the heat of summers day
it comes in from above
One limb of green maple lifts softly as if
on a sniff of a changing air
and arrives in just the right moment
the soft cooling breezes of summer are there
Last night I sat out and observed them my face
pointing strangely into the dusk
I watched as the cool breezes grew steadily
I will stay beyond the darkness because I must
The winds are a lover that have never let me down
although they arrive in all seasons
carrying a cool breath or even a falling snow
or whatever the reasons
Reluctantly I let the darkness gather around me
until I can no longer see
But the cool evening winds of summer enfold me
and blending with my heart I am free
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Ed, nature is a wonderful catalyst for poetic subject matter and you have captured some of it’s essence here. Well done. ( you may want to reread and edit the first line of the second last stanza). Cheers.
Well done, Ed. I love reading your poetry on nature. This verse is lovely and I could sense you sitting there relaxing on a beautiful evening.
The first sentence in the second to last stanza reads fine now.
Thank you John , and Phyllis , you always save me !…………………..:-}
This was just wonderful. Enjoyed.