I Have Fallen in Love with Late Summer Afternoons

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying." -Robert Herrick “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"

I have fallen in love with late summer afternoons --

I cannot deny.

With clear blue skies, and golden sunsets

To watch all alone from my bedroom window,

With the quiet breeze and the rustle of leaves

And drifting gossamer catching a moment's sun,

And the passers-by with their dogs every day

Walking under my window -- and whistling --

With the songbirds that sing from a tree I can’t see

And the laughter of children from somewhere below me,

And the distant roar of cars -- speeding out there --

On the freeway -- in a hurry to be in some place at some time --

I don’t know where.

But they gather their rosebuds not -- and miss what they may --

Yet perhaps they will find it some day -- O’ life,

Before it is too late, and the flower is dying.

But you see, I -- I have fallen in love with late summer afternoons,

-- and they with me.


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Author's Note

I know more elaborate words could have been used, but I simply wanted to say something simple.

Reviews

[Aeternal Oceanfire]

Yes! Elaborate words do not always have to be used. Perfect! Simplicity is good for some things. I am more of a spring morning and winter's night person.