Reflecting on a Summer Day
a time to pause and look about
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The warmth of summer envelopes me.
The sun is high above,
shining down with force
on me and the parched earth.
Rain is scarce
and is a highly valued commodity
like the Crown Jewels.
The grass is a crispy brown
and brown leaves have begun falling
from the thirsty silver maples and pin oaks…
a process arriving earlier this year.
Usually when the jack-o-lanterns
make their appearance in the backyard fall gardens,
the ground is covered
in a multi-color carpet of leaves.
Not so this year.
Mother Earth, I guess,
is showing her displeasure with us
for our long-running disregard.
The songbirds, like the robin and Carolina wren, are strangely
quiet in the treetops,
avoiding the heat of the day.
