In The Days Before Summer

 

in the days before summer

there was a lot of sailing to do

from the narrow passage back

to the broadside of life

not exiled or quarantined

gone the feeling in-between

when i will navigate back with you

and you aren't in court, foaming

 

in the days before summer

when Americans came out of Covid hibernation

removed their masks to reveal the same faces

and partied like the goal was reached

Entrance to autumn about remaining days

long after we sail through torrential rapids

 

it was in the days before summer

the days we would not reminisce about

not think of domestic distractions

Unsolicited caresses on heaven's shore

Every ebb and flow there for our morning

 

Memorial Day not made to remember

but the unofficial start of summer

Where a dragon boat churns heavily up a tropical trough

the phantom sunshine of Taiwan warming back

as the summer swells past dawning days

 

June 13, 2021