Summer
The aroma of summer
Drifts beyong the fields.
The daffodils and sunflowers
Sprouting eagerly under the fir tree's shield.
Squirrels and rabbits and Sameryhoods
Chattering excitedly among themselves
Chasing and hopping amidst the woods.
O, summer, everyone is ready for your arrival.
When a soothing wind blew across the trees
Like fingers tickling your face.
The coldness of winter ceased
For dear summer defeated winter
And returned in triumphant.
May 5.2023
Ruth Chua
