Summer Memories

Restless winds blow tree leaves Strewing them on the ground with wisps The sweltering heat crawls all over Like a plague of locusts in September In the splash of wave and warmth of breeze Squirrels scamper across from tree to tree Climbing up and down like chimpanzees For nuts to scrounge and corn cob kernels Mockingbirds and sparrows flit about While buttercups exude their wildest hues The wind caresses in undulating grace The hushing leaves of piñon pine trees The cry of chirping thrushes Resonate the song of nature's bliss As gleaming spires of lemongrass Proclaim it's genealogic class Tide of memories sweep the heart Of love and lovers fallen apart As summer memories held so dear Overhelm a soul inured to tears