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A Sonnet to August

I will miss you so, dear August of mine!			

When September winds blow and the days shift	
Into evening silhouettes of birds,			
Listlessly observing from trees that lift			
Long limbs, where acorns drop for squirrels to dine.	

Many smiles, passionate touches, we share.   	
In summer script, your diary’s warm words		
Shall haunt me into winter.  May your gift			
Survive when I am lonely. When I pine			

Your absent lips, your fragrant rose-strewn hair							
Or hold your sweet sachet of jasmine vine							
Under my pillow as I’m set adrift.							

Sweet August, will you tell me you’ll be true?						
Or will the Fall leaf’s shiver, silence you?		

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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