Goodbye July...

Hello all! I couldn't bear to wait till August to return,simply so we can share sweet July's goodbye-grief together Wheat fields wax gold, disappear... Sun-diamonds stud sky-blue lake... Pond is full of silver splash... Garden goodness overflows... How am I going to find my cucumber row under this squash plant jungle?!!It looked like ample room when I planted those teeny seeds!! And we have a little tomato plant forest as well! Hard to believe it was this a month and a half ago! Corn grows tall, a wall of greenBlocking panoramic scene...(from now till corn harvest we will bethe Little House in the big (corn) Woods)Every single field around us is tall corn back view side view front view So, we search for nearer thrillsZinnias bloom on windowsills... Wheat fields wax gold, disappearCricket chirp catches our earSun-diamonds stud sky-blue lakeJuly’s goodbye stokes love’s ache Shade tree beckons, cool retreatHairdo wilts in midday-heatTot sports popsicle mustachePond is full of silver splash Freckles flourish, as does roseGarden goodness overflowsHappiness hurts, torn betweenWhat is, will be and has been Dawn is dew-drenched, dusty-sweetWant is quenched where waves wash feetWildflower profusion spillsThrough ditches in rainbow rills Footloose wonder scales new heightsHeady with July-delightsBloom sports brooch of butterflySummer hearts brace for goodbye Corn grows tall, a wall of greenBlocking panoramic sceneSo, we search for nearer thrillsZinnias bloom on windowsills Sunflower beams, we beam backQueen Ann flaunts lace bric-a-bracJuly always feels so briefParting is love’s sweetest grief Thunder rumbles, clouds releasePlush percussion masterpieceForging from hello, a bellTolling, heavy with farewell Goodbye July, rest beneathSummer’s glorious, floral wreathGoodbye July, we would cryBut for August standing nigh ...a carpet of cricket-shirrRipples like a harbingerBearing August's bronze BatonOver wheat fields, here and gone © Janet Martin Sunflower beams, we beam back... Queen Ann flaunts lace bric-a-brac... Dawn is dew-drenched, dusty-sweetWant is quenched where waves wash feet... Goodbye July, rest beneathSummer’s glorious, floral wreath...