fire storm <br />sun light <br />beats focus <br />on my heart <br />anxious dreams <br />get me driven not <br />august <br />placid walks <br />along <br />the shore <br />is not any more <br />fire storm <br />burns <br />mind's ashes <br />august <br />candid <br />games <br />in the garden yard <br />kids <br />giving <br />daisies <br />shyly <br />smile <br />has gone away <br />innocence <br />and a rose <br />gives me back <br />purity <br />and joy <br />so far <br />sprout <br />announces the <br />sun's pride <br />August month<br /><br />Paola Degli Esposti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/august-9/