Reid

14

Summer at Home

Smoke
From the barbecue floats down
across the yard and with it come the
Scents
Of cooking food and gardens blooming,
life and happy things going about business
and that special summer smell off the
Wind
Who is calm and gentle and caressing
More peaceful than he usually is, and he
strokes and tickles and teases and scatters
Sounds
Full of laughter and voices and the one who
yells "Dinner's Ready" but the game isn't done and our
Eyes
Don't leave the game we play and the board sits there
and our arms curl and we toss and shout and moan and beanbags
Fly
Because we all feel like we could right now
And the Sun shines and the Clouds dance and
The Ocean breeze cools and refreshes and we
Call Out
To people we know and they call back and
we keep friends in our hearts all the year long.

Where I come from
The Winter
Is cold and harsh and character-building
The Spring
Is wet and pleasant and exciting
The Fall
Is gorgeous and interesting
And
The Summer?
The Summer
Treats us well.