Goodbye to August lemonade days

spent in the halcyon sun

Savored in the tendering haze

breathed in by yearning, grateful lungs

White clouds, they soared and billowed

like the sails of old tall ships

Then your breeze rolled through the willows

cast from delicate, soft lips

You sang in a sweet whisper

lyrics summer emanating

But you were a dead ringer

convincingly pretending

Your eyes, they sparkle like the river

a melting look that lured

But you weren't the glow illuminating

just the glare that obscured

Too late and autumn seized the spoils

devouring the land

How sad, you only take, exploit

you do not give, only demand

In a blink your sworn sublime

turned to winter's dark embrace

I felt my heart break one more time

in exactly the same place

September 9, 2021.