
Loon laughter
echoes
Out over water
mirroring
Mother sky,
Bending her generous self
Down to earth,
Betraying
All her secrets.
Fullness
Everywhere
Evident
In all
This green,
This blue,
This abundance.

Mature summer,
Full
Of space
Around and
Inside
Full of time
To waste
Well.

Bare schedule,
Bare responsibilities,
Meet
Bare skin,
Bare feet,
Meet
Sun freckles,
Sun burns,
Here.
Smoke,
Lingering,
Linking
All of us
Together.
Flames,
Licking,
Lurking,
Rallying
When stirred.
Unquenchable
Smirks,
Unapologetic
Splashes,
Unruly
Behaviour
Justified
Here.

Communal
Table,
Laden,
Thick
with
Tales
Exaggerated
Slightly
Savouring
Each
Soul
Here.
Living full,
Well,
Where rest
Eases us.
Where play
Grows us.
Where love
Enfolds us.
Right
Here.
