Summer Days, Summer Nights

Welcome these days. They won't last forever. Soon enough the laughs of our children will be back indoors, confined to walls. Soon enough the trees will be empty and the birds will be gone and the grass will be brown and dormat. Soon enough the sidewalks will be lonely and unused. Soon enough the dogs will snore with boredom. Soon enough the water will run still and children will stop whispering and days will stretch shorter and shorter. Soon enough will watch the stars fully clothed and midnight sits on the steps will be memories and breezes will be chilly and bugs won't be so difficult to ignore. Soon enough the flowers will droop and bikes will cease motion and baseballs won't fly and pools won't hold laughter. Soon enough. Welcome these days. Embrace them. Use them. Listen to them. Soon enough the heat will devour us and the swings will sit idle.