Earthburst/Sunburst: A Summer Solstice Poem

Poem © 2014 by Joyce Mason

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Nature and sunshine

pull me away from the strong
magnetic force field

of modern life indoors.

My bonds with my computer,

smartphone weaken

for wisteria and roses

flashbacks to the child

inside me dying

to ride her bicycle

to places her mother

will never let her go

purples and pinks

whizzing by
escaping under a sky
shouting memories.

Heat on my face

colors on steroids

a new relationship

with the earth
under my feet

barefoot in the park

lawn and beach

I go forward into the bright day

celebrating the signs of summer:

rebirthing Cancer’s child within

playing her heart out
like a little Leo in love with life

all the way to the finish line
of late summer

Virgo on the cusp of autumn

self-sufficiency meets love

the end of summer romances

and romances with summer

till the endless cycle

and bicycle

head home again:

repeat next year

with copious quantities of
sunsbursts and laughter.

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