Summer slipped in

Taking stealthy steps

Lagging behind nippy May

Which cool-caressed cheeks.

The sun began to linger

Making days longer

And humid air

Pearl-beaded foreheads.

The light-washed scenes

Brought warm-colored thoughts!

What a joy it was

To watch summer girls

Waltzing in

To parks and picnics

In their floral-print dresses,

Wafting their flutter sleeves,

And dripping sunlight in their smiles.

The ubiquitous bird-watchers

Stood by gleefully,

Sighing in deep satisfaction

While the elderly reminisced

About the bygone summers

Of spent youths.