In praise of

  In praise of

Summer!
Solstice!
The cosmic pause;
the summer swoon.

Our planetary star
(in our perception)
arcs through the sky
on the longest path,
climbing
into its most northern
keep.
And Gaia turns
her face to the sun
as a flower twists and bends,
letting it warm her, nourish her.

Winter shadows disappear,
and we embrace
the light
and the lightness
of
summertime -

still
and
warm
and
peaceful.