Spring Into Summer

SPRING INTO SUMMER

Some things softly died, it's true,        
while others only slept.                         
Yet little joys of green bent through,
in a promise winter kept. 

Bare latticed limbs that trace the sky,
while branches now awaken.
Yet brown the leaf that once did die,
magenta buds have taken.

Waltzed on tip-toe from buttercup,
the butterflies swirl faintly up.
They sail on paths within the skies,
that are not seen by human eyes.

Shadowed fingers stretch past dawn,
and teased at Earth, and hid Orion.
Wind whispered secrets in fern and frond,
and sighed at puffs of dandelion. 

Gilded sun nodes warm and new,
know the Solstice chill is through.
Nodes to warm the Equinox, 
from cold to hot, in paradox.

Then just as new as Spring will be,
comes burgeoning maturity.
And Springtime must just reminisce, 
as Summer blows her sticky kiss.

-By Edlynn Nau
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Tor Avatar
September 8, 2015 at 2:48 AM
Nicely written. Great choice of words. Very deep. What intellect.
Nau Avatar
September 8, 2015 at 3:46 AM
Well I was wondering if it would be read as another changing of seasons or could one see the metaphor of our lives as first Spring and then summer. It is a subtle implication but it's there if you poke it with a stick! Best, Edlynn
Godwin Avatar
August 21, 2015 at 10:07 PM
How I enjoyed that! Excellent. Truly. Didn't find Veteran's Day poem you mentioned. I am off to read more of yours...CayCay
Nau Avatar
August 21, 2015 at 10:49 PM
Thanks Cay Cay! I'm Posting ”Dead at Home" tonight! I haven't forgotten just waylaid but selecting a new panel for my Danc/Theatre & Arts Group. Reading more of yours too! {:-D
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