A Summer Day - Poem

A SUMMER DAY
by Cal Jennings



Cotton balls up in the sky
This bright blue Summer day
Birds are flying in the air
Somewhere along the way
Butterflies go flying by
Outside the window pane
Not a trouble in the air
Makes life seem almost sane

People huddled safe inside
The air conditioned rooms
Glance outside to spy upon
A toad upon a 'shroom
Dragonflies go swooping by
And hoover by a tree
Bearing scarlet buds of pretty
Flowers that will be

All the world seems far away
Out upon Nature's trail
Thoughts turn to our childhood as
We watched a crawling snail
Turtles crawling on the banks
Of Buffalo Bayou
Then at night the fireflies
Would light for me and you

Summer days have come and gone
For half a century
Since those days when we would climb
Upon the highest tree
All the years passed rapidly
And lessons we did learn
Still a breezy Summer day
Is such a blessed turn

Our minds now not different than
The wonders of a child
If we open up our eyes
And look into the wild
Mysteries are there to see
If we will only look
Take our eyes off of a screen,
Unbury from a book.

Let the wind flow through your hair
And laugh like you're a child
Playing with your best of friends
Imaginations wild
Be a knight of long ago
Or princess you may be
Slaying mighty dragons with
A twig plucked from a tree

Love will come and love will go
As years go passing by
And the same it is with life
And some tears we shall cry
Take the time to enjoy life
And wonders that it holds
Enjoy the sweet experiences
That all our lives can hold

Copyright (C) 2014 Cal Jennings