It was early summer <br />... Before the full green set in <br />When the lawns de-winterizing <br />Awoke <br />To a Yellowish Brown <br />New floor had not been formed <br />Not yet ready for <br />The Tropical Palm; <br />The white cloud days <br />Pushed at the Baby-Blue constantly <br />While the circular Tangerine Sun, <br />Peeked out surreptitously; <br />Back in the Era - <br />When days grew long - <br />Where the light shown - <br />The Mud and The Flower - <br />Yesteryear in the Summer - <br />Of my Okay and ugly ways - <br />I remember the good and bad - <br />Of my many, Summer hours; <br />Early green splashed - <br />With Hazy Sides of Gray - <br />Me, living, off of the sweet land - <br />Breathing in - <br />But always, waiting for - <br />Something better - <br />To come along - <br />Something better in- <br />My life to begin. <br /> <br /> <br />Footnote*** <br />Oh, how childish those days were. I had <br />My life, and my health for the most part. <br />No suffering, physically or mentally. <br />Now, with my health going to the dogs, i <br />Can so easily reflect back, on what a <br />Silly, selfish human being i really was. <br />Because i did have something better. <br />I had my health...and having your health <br />Is the greatest wealth we can own. <br />Without health, we have and are nothing!<br /><br />Theodora (Theo) Onken<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/summer-of-my-life/
