Summer Vignettes

Late August
By John Bohrn

Let me enjoy
this late-summer day of my heart
while the leaves are still green
and I won’t look so close
as to see that first tint
of pale yellow slowly creep in. . . .

I will cease endless running
and then look to the sky
ask the sun to embrace me
and then hope she won’t tell
of tomorrows less long than today. . . .

Let me spend just this time
in the slow-cooling glow
of warm afternoon light
and I’d think
I will still have the strength
for just one more
last fling of my heart.

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• O Breath of Summer
• Summer Garden
• In Summer Light
• Summer Blooms
• Summer Boy
• A Song of Summer
• Say Yes to the Light

Images: Michael J. Bayly.