peaceful days of summer

Peaceful days of summer


As I look outside at the winter white,
And tense from the cold deep inside.
My mind roams back to a warmer time,
And the sound of the rushing tide.

Summers lazy, hazy days,
Sitting on the old porch swing.
Ocean breezes barely cool the air,
As a voice on my radio sings.

I wipe the sweat from my brow,
Oh,what effort to raise my hand,
Swing back and forth pushed by the breeze.
watching people walk in the sand.

I think about getting off this swing
And in time I might do just that.
But for now I'll stay in the old porch swing,
In stillness and quiet I sit.

A chill disturbs my peaceful dream.
And disturbs my lazy night.
No time to think of summers past
As I tense from the cold I fight.