Where Did the Summer Go?

Where did the summer go?

The highlight of each year

Is gathered in the silent flow

Of gold and scarlet tear

The green-leaf of fair June

Trembles upon the limb

Where blue wind strums a fading tune

In Nature’s farewell hymn

Where did the summer go?

Oh, coveted abyss

Of wave-washed shore, clover-plateau

And morning’s mellow kiss

She disappeared while we

Absorbed in her romance

Of floral and sun chivalry

Harboured Time’s onward dance

When did the summer leave?

How did she shield her grief?

She fell beneath the weeping tree

In every little leaf

© Janet Martin