Farewell to Summer

Farewell to Summer …

The last days of summer,

are like a sad melody.

plaintiff and sweet,

reminding us that summer is a real treat.

It’s a sad time,

as the days become cooler

and they become shorter,

mystic evening shadows come sooner.

We know before long –

it will be farewell to summer.

It will soon be time,

for birds to take wing

and fly to southern lands –

leaving behind the hope for a new spring.

The early morning bird choruses,

become just a memory,

walks hand in hand in the morning dew,

were the joys we knew.

Soon autumn leaves will fall from the trees

and swirl about us in reds, browns, yellows and oranges.

The wind will be much cooler

and no matter what we wish it will be farewell to summer.

Walking along the seashore,

gulls cry high above,

the waves now swirl faster,

the sky turning silver,

as we stand, remembering golden sand.

Summer always seems so brief,

the lazy, hazy days just fly,

before we even know it,

summer has flown.

If only we had known,

that love is inspired by summer days,

by nights of glittering stars,

dancing beneath the golden moon.

As I walk along,

the last summer flowers nod,

valiantly still blooming –

till the autumn wind fades them away.

Roses still on the vine,

making us remember summer days so fine,

holding hands we go,

wishing it wasn’t so  –

but the cold winds now blow.

Wishing that summer would stay,

it never works that way,

but as we face autumn,

somewhere in the world, a new spring begins.

The best we can do,

is take a dance or two,

among the swirling leaves,

while colors are all about

and look forward to dreaming about summer’s return –

before a blazing fireplace as snowflakes begin to fall….

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Rasma Raisters

I am a poet and writer. I write for many different sites online. I have two published books of poems on Amazon - Poetic Thoughts Fly and On the Wings of Love.

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