Monday, December 1, 2014

106 I Love ... sultry nights



The kind where the air
just hangs.

It's confirmation to me
that I have a 
Southern soul.

I envsion lie oaks
with moss dripping from the branches.

Still, heavy air 
that wraps you up 
like a blanket.

It makes me want to stay up
all night
and sit on the back porch.

There is a hush
over the world on those nights.

It speaks to me of quiet.
Stillness.

It somehow speaks more to me 
of the past
than the present.

I think of our summer nights 
at the racetrack in the States.
No need ever for a sweater.

That is my favourite kind of
summer night.
One that I wish
would last so much longer.

Nights like that are a gift.
Few and far between
some years.

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