Dream in Shades of Summer

Good Morning,

The endless winter of 2014 is preventing the warm temperatures necessary for spring to burst out of the ground. Its bitter cold grip is inflicting a sense of starvation upon me. How I crave a glimpse of green grass, a crawling insect, or any other mere morsel of life in the Adirondacks on its way to vernal abundance. Until then I can only escape the present by closing my eyes and indulging my senses with what I hunger for the most.

Dream in Shades of Summer

I dream in shades of summer

Through the long gelid winter night

Of green and sun-kissed places

Teeming in life under solar bright

I dream in sounds of summer

Where birds sing a chorus of renew

Leaves chime in gentle breezes

Peepers chirp desire for a mate to run into

 

I dream in scents of summer

Green hay filling up the barn

Earthy loam, milkweed sweet

And ozone before a thunderstorm

I dream in textures of summer

Working the stiff brush I clutch

To reveal the sleek smooth coat

Of every animal I touch

I dream in flavors of summer

Vanilla ice-cream, fruit cobbler and Barbecue

Only allow such rich indulgences

When the body has much work to do

I dream of all things summer

Through bitter nights that never end

While asleep I climb up on my horse
And hit the breezy trail again

We escape the sticky heat and bugs

Follow the meandering Moose River

Visit all our favorite woodsy sites
Now buried beneath a brutal winter

And when the night is over 

The sun creeps towards the dawn

A cold hard jolt of reality 
Shoves me back where I belong

To live through yet another day 
Frozen to my very core

Until I lay me down to sleep, close my eyes and return once more...

To dream in shades of summer

Through the long gelid winter night

Of green and sun-kissed places

Teeming in life under solar bright

Ah, yes.....Summer!