Summer Yearning

Hi,

I'm wishing the summer warmth had stayed just a little longer. Fall is a beautiful time of the year so I thought I would combine the two, my fall painting and my poem 'Summer Yearning'.

The colors are so beautiful this time of the year and Thanksgiving will be here soon. I'm thankful that God has blessed me with family and friends and a beautiful world to live in.

Have wonderful holidays, enjoy!

Carol

Give me now a mountain stream.
A bed of pebbles mottled and smooth
And looming stately at its head,
Snow capped mountains tall.

Meandering through a valley lush,
Constant, unhurried and quiet.
Waterbugs dance upon it’s stage,
As leaf boats float and swirl.

Minnows flit in the clear fresh flow,
Swimming to music unheard.
Frog tongues catch an insect,
And croak a happy response.

Vibrant carpets on the bank,
Grass and flowers nodding assent.
An invitation for rest or play,
A welcome mat for all who pass.

Deer, squirrel, skunk, raccoon,
Familiar with it’s traveled path,
Dependent on it’s life giving gift.
Within their orderly world.

Birds raise their young and sing,
In the arms of leafy boughs,
That bend and sway in gratefulness
For calming mountain streams.