Summertime Is Calling

Summertime Is Calling

Summertime is calling...but not to me.

Barbecues are being enjoyed all around me to see.

Soaking up sunshine at beaches

Warm breezes caressing as they picnic at parks

Parades of the present, reminding of parades past

Brief glimpses of fireworks from the back door

No point in wanting to see more...

Festivals, I don't like crowds, and I don't like noise...

but I remember a tasty turkey drumstick..

would like just one more?

Inside is where my responsibility lies...

In staleness and silence

Hard to envy, hard to not cry

So much has been missed, so much missed still

How long will it go on, how long till?

(thebearhugwaltz, Donna Webb May 28, 2010)