You work
I play
I write 
you stay
and then 
this day
we both 
did pray
that we
would say
just this 
once lay
here this 
tender way

Summer is always 
so very simple 
and freshly sweet 
strawberries ice cream 
paddle boats carrying 
lovers and cousins 
escaping the heat 
beach days fluffy
novels tire swings
and don’t forget 
those vacation romances 
amidst seashore resorts 
these days come 
and they go 
and they stay 
next to seashells 
ticket stubs postcards 
and broken promises 
that they’d write 

Words swim
they dart
and dash
and dodge 
escaping this 
paw pawing
trying to 
snatch then
to catch 
these wily
little creatures 
but even 
in the 
bowl that
mind is 
they best
even this
alley cat

A wisp a
whisper and a
whisker three things 
that tickle thee
three very silly 
little things that 
touch tweet and 
tease making my
heart dance with 
glee every time 
that one ever
happens upon me 

The fragrance you 
lingers and hangs
like fresh laundry 
on lines outside 
and what little 
is left drips
watering this now
very dry bed 
with moist memories 
bringing forth the 
blooms of desire