Well, kids, 'tis the end of a season. This is the Last Day of Summer, 2009. What will you do with it?
What fun we had, eh? Barbecues and picnics and trips to the beach and then the State Fair? Lazy days with family and friends, playing with the dog in the yard and taking trips to the mountains. And let's not forget those wonderful summer romances.
But now the days grow shorter. The quiet time is coming, the colors changing. We prepare.
i wrote this morning
ReplyDeletefirst time a million years (not knowing it was the last day of summer - calendar wise).
It is rough but it is something ---
The New Life
Thus in the losing autumn
when the sun burns the sky's rim
born amid this loss --
rubied pyracantha berries and pumpkins
hung on twisted vines, made orange
with the scattered light
seething to survive -- we begin to unravel
our fingers tapping the table
and murmur arguments against
the bigotries of the coming season.
nice lisa, thanks!
ReplyDeleteSummer never ends in my mind, it cools off for a few months:)
I'll wear my rainbow flipflops and shorts as long as I can. Then I guess I'll have to go and buy some shoes,socks and find my long pants. I need to find a winter home that never gets under 60. Keys anyone :)
shine on
D
nope, no time...
ReplyDeleteLisa, Thank you. I'm glad you were moved to write on summer's final day. I have begun to unravel.
ReplyDeleteD, I wear flip-flops all year long.
R, "The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills" (Buk)