The Sun and the Sun

The Sun and the Sun

By David Cortez

The morning came too soon,

To wind chimes pleasant tune,

‘Comes with no surprises,

The sun sets before it rises.

The family’s gather at the river bank,

Popcorn, sandwiches and lemonade drank,

Children sing Ring around the Rosie,

And pockets full of posies.

The clouds change temperate hues,

To reflect the darks and the docile blues,

As the light crescendo ends,

It magically begins again.

Back the way it came,

All at once the same,

But more reversed,

As if rehearsed.

The people watch in wonder,

As the moon it travels under,

To dip below the silhouette,

Of horizon lines and tennis nets.

Men and women holding hands,

‘The sound of crowds and welcome bands,

Who performed and celebrated,

As others danced, inebriated.

The longest day of summer,

Everyone came to wonder,

And none afraid,

As children played.

It zigged then zagged,

Behind the flags,

The day the sun returned,

To 48 hour burn.

Alas when the hour late,

Came and light disintegrate,

After full of fancy fun,

One more year ‘til the 2 day sun.