Nothing says summer quite like
Light shining through translucent crimson petals
Of a poppy cupped toward to sun
Heavy blossom on slender stem
Defying gravity to perfume the day
With its heady scent
Brilliant against the verdant landscape
Delicate and fleeting
As the warmth of a summer day

Breathe in the life, and hold it
Listen in the space between breaths, hear the
Faint rustling of ripening seed heads in the breeze
And the subtle buzz of a million insects
Unseen pollinators of a thousand harvests
Close your eyes and feel
Warm rays on your skin
Baking away any memory
No matter how faint now
Of winter's dark chill
Summer is here, be present in the now
And luxuriate