Summer Smells
5/10/15
Summer smells softly stretch silent songs
Memories from years ago awaken in my head
Telling tales written indelibly in lavender
Walks along the fences of neighborhood yards
Walls too high to see, though smells carry me in
And in I go with carefree contentment
Kid curiosity closing in on coolness
What seems to bring happiness has always done so
The soft scent of summer calms my soul
Those yards filled with flowering trees
Filling dreams of utopian seas
Laying in the grass under a glossy abelia
Looking up at the
colors and shades
Inhaling the minutes
as they drift by
Allowing time to
curve and stall
Hands behind head
while legs splay
Replay pay play as
May fades away
Today like all
others timeless and gay
No sooner lost in my days of now
Than when smells of summer my nose do catch
Releasing my fears and bringing me back home
And quickly I fall into the soft loving arms
Of the tall grass below those beautiful old trees
Thank you my friends of so many gentle ages
Views can distort
but smells come so clear
Far as you are, in
my heart you are near
