Poem 212: Bizarre Thoughts

The last long weekend of the summer has now come and gone

My early mornings are now delayed because of the later dawn

The last major heat wave we experienced is definitely the last

The summer once again seems to always go too fast

Just another couple of weeks and we will officially be into fall

It is going to be my ambition to get out and enjoy it all

The leaves are still green but the colour red is creeping in

How much longer will it be before the leaf raking will begin?

The nights are getting longer and daylight is shorter with each day

This is just another harbinger that winter is on its way

So best take advantage of every day we have remaining

Soon winter will arrive and so will our complaining

The weekend was great and the temperatures were just right

Of course they are dipping quite a bit overnight

Still not below zero like our northern neighbours had

All in all, these past few days haven’t been all that bad

Hoping that this trend continues and we delay the cold

We have no way of knowing what the future will unfold

Can we drag this summer out and continue with a late fall?

Let this trend continue and benefit us all?

Have Thanksgiving dinner served outside in the fresh air

Not have to be confined indoors with everybody there

Let it continue and the kids wear sandals as they “trick or treat”

Having to wear light costumes because they can’t handle all that heat

Let not one flake of snow fall until it’s “Christmas” eve

Let it stay till “Boxing” day and then it all can leave

Not have to use a snow shovel until well into the new year

Then by the end of March it, all of it has disappeared

I know I’ve gone a little overboard and I’ve gone too far

The things  that I am wishing for all sound so bizarre

Just enjoy what we have left of summer and the coming fall

We all know as “northerners” , winter is a long haul