Summer Reflection

Growth persuaded by summer sun

Persistence leading verdant run

Breeze teased, comforting, sweet relief

Yet same strips earth, giving, taking,

Carried away, unprotecting

Heat singed grass, vine, and thickets' sieve

Hidden from midday scorching ray

Life succumbs to cool shadows play

Slanted light leads to twilight's chords

Infused summer’s warmth, banked earth yields

Darkened sky, moon, and stars to shield

Evening the fiery orb