Summer is a show off.
Draped in vines encircling hips,
and occulting flowers,
Summer stretches out an arm
drawing you in.
Drawing you in, seedling in full
quiver,
and insisting you bear the heat
as glitter tongued Summer
licks each longing leaf and petal.
You wait your turn for Adam Eve kisses,
murmuring lily oaths
into Summer’s bejeweled ears.
“Oh dear love,” Summer whispers
with lupine lips brushing your skin.
“Speak to me in snapdragon sighs.
Be bold when you kiss back,
and I will withhold nothing.”
And you do. You kiss back,
until your firefly eyes see clear
after the poppy bliss of daylight.
And the night wind carries
chamomile caresses after a day
well spent, with Summer’s promise
of “Again, at dawn’s first light.”
Song Choice: As the World Falls Down by David Bowie
This poem was inspired by Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads: Bits of Inspiration - Amber Rose Tamblyn
