Hot Summer Daze

The droplets formed, dangling, on leafy edge sweet flowers gazed in lusty, wanton need warm lingering hopes of summer’s promise awakening the lips of future seed Torturously tantalizing foreplay sun gleaming in a perfect union’s eyes swaying on the brink of love’s disaster clinging to summer moments as time flies But, with summer love, come shadows creeping a darkness that will taint the untried heart leave the leaf and slowly wilting petals the agony of knowing they must part. Love’s hearts have hardened some but still recall a summer heat that bid those droplets fall. ©5/8/2018 submitted to – Summer love sonnet – Poetry Contest sponsor – John Hamilton