Stay Summer, Stay

   September is here,

   Giving notice to all

   With cool evening breezes,

   It soon will be fall.

   I know change must come,

   Still my heart will say,

   Stay Summer, stay.

                        
                               

        The June rains this year

        Interfered with our fun.

        My sad little garden shows

       Need of more sun!

        Seems you just got here- 

        Please don’t go away.

        Stay Summer, stay.

   July was hurried

           And August sped past.

         I’m just now finding

     I have time at last

              To bask in your warmth,

            While tall grasses sway.

     Stay Summer, stay.

  Others are claiming

  Autumn’s their favorite. 

 With flannels and sweatshirts

 And drinking hot chocolate.

 I prefer flip flops

 And cold lemonade.

 Stay Summer, stay.

                   Cicadas, tree frogs

                   And crickets heard singing.

                   Still, breezeless evenings

                   On front porches-swinging,

                   That’s my love, Summer!

                   Share just one more day!

                   Stay Summer, stay.

Autumn, be patient. 

 Your season is nigh. 

I need more time to bid

Summer goodbye,

With its sweet fragrance 

 Of soon-winnowed hay.

Stay Summer, stay.

 

  I know you’ll return,

As all other seasons.

But I will miss you!

    We must find a reason

   To prolong your visit-

I still want to play!

Stay Summer, stay

©Janet C. Davis2015