summer on the way

the wind blows hard 

and winter's turned cold 

I pulled up my collar 

against the driving snow 

the roads are slick 

and covered with thick ice 

I dream of warmer days 

and summer on the way 

my eyes are stinging 

watering with tears 

it hasn't been this way 

for oh, so many years

I'm chilled to the bone 

just longing to be back home 

I dream of warmer days 

and summer on the way 

out here in the heartland 

all the pipes are frozen up 

snow is piling in drifts 

there's way more than enough 

a snow day for the kids 

a skiers paradise 

I dream of warmer days 

and summer on the way

bring back all the heat 

days by the swimming pool 

days of shorts and flip-flops 

sweat with all I do 

I can adjust to anything 

I don't have to shovel 

I long for warmer days 

and summer on the way

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License