Goodbye to July

I never understood you

Though I often tried

A prickly thistle

Bitter and hard to swallow

Unapproachable

All life is entwined

In tangled threads, woven webs

And intricate nets

Pearly petals shine

Reflecting the sinking sun

I must try again

The final tile laid

A crown against diving rain

Long awaited day

Hope is a flower

How soon it withers away

For another year

Seeds set at sunset

Ripple through ripening grasses

Obey the scythe’s blade

Beneath purple blooms

Downy seeds burst from each head

Next year’s problems spread

So let the evening

Carry you back through the years

The pattern unfolds

Now the clouds have cleared

Let the sun work it’s magic

Turning green to gold

On the verge of life

Where the outcasts and strays thrive

I will build my den

Reeling in your wake

Watch the dust settle and shake

You slam on the brakes

Floating in a flood

A green sea, a poppy lake

Swim until I wake

Mixing murky mist

With damp dew dust descending

Wander where we wish

Follow the hedges

Unending bramble rambles

Tame my straighter course

Already seeds set

Heralding summer’s demise

Autumn imminent?

Surface tension gives

Life to those inbetweeners

Who need both to thrive

I lift up my head

Put my hands behind my back

And swallow sunshine

Peer over the edge

Wonder at what you find there

As you open up

In each angled ray

A path to reach the next day

Gently down we lay