Anticipating Awe!

Yesterday I read the question, 

What Are You Looking Forward to...?

Isn't anticipation one of life's most fantastic joys?!
(plus, it helps to temper disappointment
and the weight of dread which inevitably at times, must be!)

I can't wait for…

  

The plush plip-plop of lush rain-drop

Studding green leaf with gems like glass

The soft slip-slap as bare feet dash

To splash through dust on garden paths

Where cotton clouds waft aloft, soft

Above the linen-laden line

Of trousers, shirts, towels, summer skirts

Hob-knobbing with warm, gold sunshine

The petal show of red, yellow

Purple, blue, pink and white, oh my,

God’s work of art can steal the heart

And admiration of the eye

And I can’t wait to see the gate

Embellished with jasmine run wild

And kiss the face of Queen Ann’s lace

As well as sun-bronzed summer’s child

The luxury of late day tea

While swallows dart and dip and dive

The brawny buzz of cicadas

The lazy hush (or crazy rush) of half-past five

And I can’t wait to fill my plate

With fresh-picked-from-the-garden hue

Or run my gaze across the trays

Where summer spills old thrills anew

© Janet Martin