Summer is Here and All is Well

Jul 26, 2023 by Elvira Burgo

Summer is here, and all is well 

Tagging along as usual with life’s ups and downs 

Strangers come 

Then they go

Like conversations and emotions  

 

A hiker’s knee re-injury dampens his spirit  

Maybe he’ll make it, maybe not

Trudging along, a 62-year-old catches up 

To the few he recognizes

Oh, how sweet the Pacific Crest Trail

 

Not when sweat overtakes one’s body

Then reaches the herd  

Yikes, may you please excuse me?

Higher than-usual costs add up 

Eight to ten thousand dollars 

 

Thoughts exchange 

On Southern California sites

Among Norwegians and Arizonians alike

Norway’s pleasing

Arizona swelters 

 

The journey of life is lovely as the sunset

Sweet as a gardener’s plucked basil 

Cool as the evening breeze 

And unpredictable like thunder

 

Contradictions do exist, 

By the way.

A change in perspective does one good,

Like right now.

Summer is here, and all is well.


Happy Summer!


Thanks for reading.

Elvira