Sweet Smell of Summer
Drifting on the evening breeze.
The sky grows dark
The stars begin to dazzle
Quiet settles in
Conversation gives way
Comfortable silence arrives
These moments we have been
enjoying all our lives.
Memories of summers past
take a stroll across my mind
and turn my thoughts to days
of cool watermelon and endless
laughter.
The days of dreaming,
expecting, and planning
all the while
skin browning, tanning.
Yesterday's dreams
Today's expectations
Today's realities of making
that dream a tangible,
touchable truth.
Tomorrow's reflections
on the sweet hand of God
guiding my steps, encouraging
me forward into the incomparable
middle of my dreams come true.
Sweet Smell of Summer
the mix of morning dew
and freshly cut grass
filling my nose.
Beautiful summer, beautiful day
A person just can't have too
many of those.
