Summer\'s Climb.
How lush and lavish was summer this year.
How rushed her blossoms ready to ripen.
As sun\'s brass swelled fruit on my apple tree
how her dash must have thirsted in desire.
Yet as I sat under comfort of leafy
protection I marveled at Flora\'s reconcile.
Pregnant with pod and developing seed
pregnant-time revelled in birth excitement.
Herbaceous borders conspired to increase
over my paths as ivies battled with vines.
Nestlings fledged as eggs laid repeatedly
showed how nature is bent on survival.
How open were buds to greet growing need.
How careful petal-exposure to timing.
Each seedling\'s intent to set and succeed
made haste to provide harvest surprise.
Hot afternoons under blue filigree
quickly increased blooms\' burgeoning size.
How alluring her scrabble for potency.
From barren to bounty was summer\'s climb.