Summer Found

SUMMER FOUND

The light keeps up its pace

Along the grass, the shadows race

Everything seems, to have its place

Among the breeze, the flowers trace

The light caresses all around

Warming everything that is found

Life all over doth abound

With loving energy it doth surround

Of summers past I doth remember

Not quite a fire, but still an ember

Not unlike those days of past

They seemed endless

But not meant to last

As I reflect on those days gone by

I sit here and wonder why

We rush about here and there

To our surroundings

We give not a care

There is something that is lost

And clearly, there is a cost

When we forget and neglect

To our surroundings our attention

To direct

And now as I look around

The number of butterfly’s abound

The trees rustle in the breeze

Before my eye calm seas

The purpose of life becomes so clear

Surrounded by those I hold dear

Everything around me so calm

So much a life saving balm

And as the shadows run ahead

I slow down and rest instead

And breath deep of the fresh clean air

Of my surroundings, I am more aware

Of the temporal thins, less I care

In days to come, when life rushes ab out

My eyes will close, shutting things out

Remembering these days and summers past

I will find my peace at l

Shiidon, August 2009

I wrote this poem on Tuesday, three days ago. I find myself posting my poems on the dock by the lake with the breezes blowing and the birds cawing. i will never forget this week. i am realizing that if I want to serve and give as much as I do, I must also take some time out from time to time to rest and recharge you could say. I spent Wednesday going to Los Angeles and back to pick up something for myself and Kamran from his brother. I was in traffic and the trip took several hours. I had lunch with a good friend and then went to walk it off an outdoor mall. It turns out I could not wait to come home and take a nap in the hammock. We went to some dear friends that I have known from when I was 12 years old and since then I have rested. I am happy. I have not one shred of anxiety, nor do I feel the least bit stressed. I know that I will go back to the same work environment but I believe it will be with a new and refreshed look on things. I encourage everyone to take time off like this. Mind you, I am surrounded by many distractions but have enjoyed just being at peace and taking lots of naps. Today it is lunch with my Aunt, Children's classes, dinner and a movie at home with a boat ride to follow. One more full day to go. I am ready for the weeks and months to come now and am at peace. I look forward to things new.