Summer Resolve

The first, carefree summer day a somnolent tune doth swagger An intense heat hovers then releases a permeable dagger  Sapped of inner resolve, at noon retired to shaded bower, a truant lagger At eventide, resuscitated from the cool respite, from my shielded lair did stagger The next, searing day shorn of shirt and shoes but with my dignity intact I alight from my screened porch assured that my taut skin would the beaming waves refract A soothing, afternoon breeze ripples; my chest hairs retract Traipsing along, unencumbered by the elements, I skip through the manicured tract My bare feet absorbing the ground's subducted heat Disheveled hair, a fluttering mane swaying to my hip hop beat The soft grass blades caressing my knobby ankles like a velvety sheet   A winged armada skirting the shock waves pulsing from my reproaching feet Treading into lush, green garden cloaked with ingratiating beams of light Each, leafy tent bowing paying homage to the sun's infernal might The pleasant aroma of waxy corn leaves and glossy ferns my nostrils delight The sweet scent of mellow berries and ripening mellons my taste buds insight At dusk, my barefoot odyssey abruptly comes to an end A grizzled, sizzled wayfarer, to my artificial estate I slowly wend Blithe journey my spirits exulted, but pain in my tendered parts did the sublimity ammend A cherry red shroud covering a weathered rind looking for soothing balms my misery to tend