Summer of Love

SUMMER OF LOVE Torbid lake Serene shrill Stillness; opaque A furnace of a summer Rumage through the trees and foliage Rake and sift nature, for a selfish sake. We all lose blood of our ancisters We all lose in the end. We all keep this sacrament in secrecy. We all do nothing. Void of intent. Weather of war. Patriotism in cloth and bigotry Uneducated enemy. Unhealthy lifestyles. Unafraid, because we remain unaware. Remain in denial. Seasons change, climate coalesces Geography is slowly rearranged As is my focus on something new and strange A focus on a dot to obsess We all have reasons to run – to regress We all hide. From each other And ourselves.