Sleepy Summer

Sleepy Summer

By

Lisa A. Williams

Sleepy Summer-

resting

on the arc of autumn

whose cascade of fiery hue,

arrogantly reminds

that even in dying

there is beauty.

Sleeping summer

burrowed beneath

the pure white blanket

of cold forgiving

waiting in the deep dark,

dreaming

of old worlds

and their clock-run consistencies

of time and season

where her lingering ghost,

is summoned

by desires

Of earth and flesh.