Summertime

Golden embers slowly burn

Marshmallow mouths await their turn

Friendly faces glow in the night

Guitars are strummed and all seems right

Skin is bronzed under sunshine rays

Listen to Jimi play his Purple Haze

Popcorn flies high in the air

Sparklers twirl through the county fair

Laying flat on a truck staring out to the sky

A dog licks your face and lays down by your side

Breakups and teardrops and passionate flings

Dancing through the rain and kissing on the swings

Riding the waves, getting buried in sand

Raising a lighter for Free Bird’s last stand

Time is forgotten so join the parade

Taste the sweet nectar of Summer under a tree in the shade

~Ryan Corkum

Photo Credit: Anthony Leclair