Summer once was seasoned
with sunshine and colours
of flowers petalled with
joy. How brightly it shone,
basking in its promise
of lighter days and fun.
.
Hope was solarised,
illuminating
spirits. Laughter
was heard sojourning
in buckets and spades.
.
Sandy toes danced
barefoot and free,
until its spell warmed,
waved cold farewells.
.
Memories
radiant
and happy.
.
Goodbye
Summer
.
dreams.
.
©Jacqui Slade
Bending branches reach out,
aged and weathered wisdom.
Bowing to intertwine
kindred petals with love.
Jaded with vainglory
saplings contort, snapping
old twigs with disregard.
Sprigged decay in their hearts.
.
Tendrils of malice creep
suffocating with hate.
Green truths rustling in their
crooked deviations.
.
Life meanders on in
it’s bittersweet torsion,
leaves whisper lamenting
their offshoots with sadness.
.
©Jacqui Slade
The Poetic Life Of Me 