Sandy Patton’s poem Gossip Girls appeared here in November 2012.
Summer’s Swan Song
By Sandy Patton
Sultry breath blows hot,
encircles and entices,
implores us to touch her warmth,
surrender to her season of
pleasure. Whispered promises
of paradise draw us closer
to her fier; we yield.
Singed by the smoldering
pull of her heat, certain we
can endure no more,
she wickedly teases with
the briefest of gentle breezes,
a soothing balm playing
upon our flushed skin.
Golden, sunlit days
and star-spangled night skies
mesmerize, make us willing
captives, impatient for her
steamy caresses that leave
us drenched in sticky-sweet
fragrances of summertime.
Her exodus is inevitable,
still we find solace knowing her
seasonal visits will remain as
constant as spring fading to summer.
Wistfully we watch, as she serenely
bids farewell on cooling gusts
of September winds.
