Summer's Lament

Longing for summer and it is already August!

Summer's Lament

When the clouds have passed

There will be long, languid days

to be had.

At least that is what I tell myself

to stave of the creeping fugue

of seasonal depression.

But it is so hard, so incredibly hard

when a grey blanket swamps the sky

and drizzle penetrates my summer coat.

When the hazel bushes sprout

and I am helpless to halt their advance.

I survived the harshest, coldest months

longing for the sun.

It feels as if I am cheated

when spring and autumn become conjoined.

They say the seasons are changing,

global warming and all that,

but I hardly dare believe

that it is so,

when the long hot school holidays

of childhood days gone by

have never been repeated.

 

05/08/17

Reviews

[Gee]

Morning John. I quite enjoy the mild wet summer's, building sites and sunshine create choking dust bowls, but that me being selfish.For sunshine we nip off to European holiday hotspots for a couple of weeks.
The summer of 1976 is the one I remember, sweltering, tar bubbling, skin the colour of an over roasted pig...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I remember that bliss filled summer well Gee. Love was in the air! I like less rain. Have't been able to keep the damned Hazel in check! many thanks.

[Gee]

Reach for the chainsaw John. In 1976 I was but a 14 year old boy whose appendage was still, or so mum told me, only to be used to pee or stir my tea.!!!

[Gee]

What about the ladies, do they get privacy, or do they have to bare themselves to all and sundry.??

[DIVYA]

At the other end of the spectrum, we have rain here though with intermittent periods of still harsh sunshine. We await the winter that brings with it a pleasing chill and respite from the killing heat...And we are told the coming winter may be 'warm' this year.

The poem is very relatable. The images just superb John!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes if we could 'equalise' global weather we would all enjoy it better. Our summer has not been so good thus far. Many thanks Divya!

[DIVYA]

I hope it gets better...You are welcome John 🌼

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And I hope your weather is more forgiving, too hot and humid is bad as is too cold lol!

[DIVYA]

Its actually much worse. India with rains is not a pretty sight and stinks like an all pervading piss pool. No escape. At least you have heating.
:(

[Gee]

Love it, "all pervading piss pool" very much like the men's loos on match day in any football stadium. Which brings me onto why it is still deemed okay for men to have to stand, side by side, knob in hand to per. No barriers, cubicles, just , " there it is, whatdya think ??.....Jesus have you just dropped a third arm in your urinal ???"
It just doesn't seem 21st century

[DIVYA]

That's a pertinent question with the changing times, especially in the west. Here, going peeing together is still a social occassion for most men and schoolboys. :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

It is practically summer here all year round, but from October on through January the temperatures can get mighty chilly at night and through the day. Is this your spring season? I remember September being the time of going back to school. I miss those smells of autumn, of pencils and new clothes that you've brilliantly conjured up here. Well done, John!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hi Kelly, so good to see you again. Hope all is good. We are supposed to be in the middle of summer but the weather has been so disappointing so far and we are now on the downward slope towards autumn. Many thank yous.