Wondrous Summer

And so comes summer

These wondrous months 

When daylight lingers long 

Into the evening 

And the world is awash

With blooms and blossoms 

And crops 

And gentle fireflies 

A simmering celebration 

Of growth and fertile glory

When land and wood and water 

Each their gifts do offer 

In incalculable abundance 

Life is rich 

And friends are near 

And dreams seem imminently possible 

Renewal and reawakening 

And vibrance 

Are everywhere 

And even those 

Who’ve lived through summers

Long since faded and forgotten 

Can revel now 

In the enveloping embrace 

Of warm and life-giving sun

And taste again 

The sensations of youth 

As fully as they experienced them 

Long ago

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