Just
a little longer?
Summer's
end
both
welcome
and
too soon
Carefree
days, used up
become
days, of
schedule
keeping,
routines
The
house-o-boys
will
be quiet
once
more
but
I'll miss
the
chaos
I
do know it's time, since
Columbine
have graciously
given
way
to
marigolds, already dressed
for
autumn
while
the sunflowers, so tall
majestic
are
losing their seeds
to
birds, preparing
I'm
not prepared
for
this transition
Not
yet
Time
tick-tocks
Flying
by, while I,
paralyzed
with
inevitable
changes,
grieve
The
end of childhood,
a
treasured friend,
off
into the world
daily
friendship,
exchanged,
for
electronic
communication
Stop
the world
Just
for a little bit
Give
them, give me
Just
a little longer
I'm
not ready, for
time's
relentlessly rapid
progression
lay
the hour glass,
on
its side
stop
the hours
keep
them young
Just
a little longer
