Summer

The heady scent of
summer enveloped me,
everything bright and alive with warmth,
like the choke-hold of winter never existed here.

I watched the sky,
it's never-ending blue hypnotizing me
into a hazy sleep.

You were around,
dancing through wheat-fields,
singing along with cicadas.

I felt you.

The earth seemed to sigh with pleasure
as you skipped across lily-pads
and strummed bark with your fingertips.

Even the sun seemed to laugh at your child's play.

I lay in my contentment and joy.

My emptiness filled and my light rekindled.

I closed my eyes,
letting the Earth's song
and your dance lull me to sleep.