Musings On a Summer Night

Leaves ruffled against their branches Tingling my senses to a state of delight Flowers swayed, seeming to be engaged in a dance With the many beats of my heart Tiny land creatures hovered around As if spying upon me and my many intakes of breath Why, the chills of the summer night Are soul arousing Facing me is a most calm sea One in which dolphins enjoy their existence And mermaids appear to have me immersed in fantasy Pray, Faced with it all I wish, simply wish That life could be as I wanted it to be That I could simply sing my way through it And dance lazily to its many tunes Or that I could easily win at all its games And even write of its many poems And enact its romantic stories! But then, the wind rose up and tossed in my face The bitter truth of my existence Life is just a façade An illusion made to look like a fairy tale Fallen are the souls treading its walks Pray, Best it is to give all that is good in me To help those in need And of course Best it is to help life toil hard At keeping herself as she is! Pray, The winds have lied not Life, if she was real Would have allowed me to be, forever But I am to face Death And meet with the unknown So best it is To close my eyes and pretend That I am not enchanted by the summer night!