*Now, before I begin...1
I do understand that all season's pass2
to begin a new stage of the year,3
it's just that...well, it seems that summer gets shorter each year.4
I rose this morning around 6 am, poured my coffee and retreated to my5
front porch as I do each summer morning.6
As I sat there watching the Mourning Doves devour the safflower seeds7
in the feeders and drink from the seashells up~turned to catch water that splashes from a spewing frog at the edge of my pond, I noticed the fog that hung just above the ground.8
Now in Pennsylvania, being so mountainous, fog is nothing new,9
however in August it is quite unusual to hang so low with temperatures below 50 degree's.10
I sat there sipping my steaming cup, I felt that eery icy chill in the air that normally haunts us early September, but has crept in silently this first week in August. Autumn winds were blowing all to soon this year and all I could think was that summer is passing away.11
My beautiful Scarlet Tanagers that had graced my feeders with the Mourning Doves would not come out in the cold, damp fog to have their breakfast. They waited until the fog lifted and the sun shown through. Yet still, the air was chilled and fall like. 12
I had noticed that even the tree's were shedding their still, lush green leaves, like leaving a sad child behind. 13
Summer is passing away.14
Somewhere in the distance I heard the lamented sound of the Canadian Geese as they had already begun to fly southward, they sounded as if they were saying..."we're so sad to go so soon, but warmer winds are calling."15
Is it really true that summer gets shorter each year or is it just me, knowing that the "summer" of my life has passed away and that "winter" is just around the corner. Could Mother Nature be so cruel as to remind me that my "winter" is so close and that unlike herself, I cannot renew with my own personal spring?.*16
*My summer has passed away.*17
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I'm so glad you enjoyed this...enjoy the rest if you like. Thank you!
~Laura
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This is a great piece! I absolutely loved the imagery of this! It is a terrific write! I hope that you continue to write, are there anymore that come along with this one? I sure hope so!
Take care and God Bless,
Kelli -
*AAAARRRRRGHHHHHHHH SNOW ALREADY!!!!!!!*
That's a four letter word don't ya know!!!!! LOL!
NOOOO!!! Don't shut up!! Your commentsare always so beautiful and i take so much to heart from them!
*Your words are full of wisdom,
loving light and grace
and when I read what you have written
smiles fill my face.
I only wish that I could hear
these wonderful words you speak,
but I am content to simply read
for it's your wisdom that i seek. 
~Laura
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envelops the lawn ~smiles
Hi Lurie !!! Hmmmmmmmmm ,,I got some snow on my roof so I guess I'm into the winter season >> Happy birthday b/t/w ~smiles ,,so I'll be 52 next week and I'm so happy that I get my seniors discount I don't care..lol~ I enjoyed the read as it was so very well written ((smiles)) I felt I was on that porch ~bows to you sweet young ladyyyyyyy .. Fear not the winter Laura >> From Kahlil Gibran ~
~"Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that
which loves to give and not to receive. When you meet Beauty,
you feel that the hands deep within your inner self are stretched forth to bring her into the domain of your heart. It is the magnificence combined of sorrow and joy; it is the Unseen which you see, and the Vague which you understand, and the Mute which you hear - it is the Holy of Holies that begins in yourself and ends vastly beyond your earthly imagination "~
O/M/G let me shut up ..Thanks for sharing my friend ~~Tom -
LOL Bill Thanks!!!!! Winters are harsh here in PA. May I come stay with you this winter??? LOL ~Laura
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Hi Monk man!!!! Thanks for dropping by!!!! ~Laura
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Well you hit the nail right on the head!!!!! Age does sneak up on us much to quickly and i don't feel as old as I am, so many things i'd like to accomplish in this life. Love you to sis!!! Thank you!!!! ~Laura
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Thanks Rose, so glad you enjoyed it!!!! ~Laura
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OHHHH Hello Amy me sweet!!!! How are you!!!!
I was so happy when I saw your comment here, it's been so long since we've talked! Thank you for being your SWEET self Amy!!!! Love ya!!!! ~Laura -
Laura.Beautiful word piciures you have painted.An enjoyable read indeed.But, before your winter comes there will be a fabulous fall.I know for I have experienced it.Winter is really not that bad here in Florida.Happy belqted birthday forty.Bill
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Every season leads to a new season...lol... and then it starts all over again!!!!!!!!!!!! See ya next time around toooooo!
lol
Don -
Oh Laura, Felt the sadness in this but the ending was what really did it....I cannot renew with my own personal spring. Life being a blessing but yet sometimes a sadness there is to in becoming older and feeling l ike things pass much to quickly or that chances or dreams needed to be more.......and age just sneeks up upon us....as life passes us by....Love to you dear great write...
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well I know that mid-life, it a bumber that is for sure. been there done that. but wow what a great poem you have written here that is for sure.anyone could really feel what you were tyring to get across that for sure . thank you for sharing it
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This is so beautiful. Wonderful imagery and description.
I am packing my bags and moving in, lol!!! I know this feeling
all too well. It's been cooler than usual here and I could
relate to this all too well. Been used to waking up to my finches outside, but its been a bit cool for them in the morning, so they have been sleeping in.
Anyway, this is a very good write, I enjoyed it as I enjoy
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Hey Karen, How have you been!?
Getting better? I hope so!!!! With all the gray at my temples and pain in my back I hope it gets better LOL!!!
Thanks for reading sis!!! Love ya!!! 8rose* ~Laura -
Well hello there mike!!!! Long time! How are ya sweety!!!?
Well here, August is the hottest month of the year but not this year....it's been low in the 50's in the mornings and barely into the 60's at night! Thanks mike!!!
~Laura
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Laura
This is extremely beautiful, and very calming to read
I also turned 40 in April, we're just getting better, I think
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Karen
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yep, school's about to start, summer's over and done with, course, down here, in louisiana, the chill won't happen here for another few months, like november, or even december...
then, only a couple of months and the spring starts in feb or march, then, the HEAT of summer... ugh, why did i move back to louisiana???? roflmao...
oh well, nice piece sweetie!
the end of summer...
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Thank you so much blind-ambition and good luck with school!!! ~Laura
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I love the visuals and imagrey this poem provides. It struck a cord because all of a sudden I am leaving for school at the end of the month, and I don't know where the time went. Anyways, great write. thanks for sharing.
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Thank you very much legendaryPoet!!! I love you long comment!!!! It's wonderful to know my writing is appreciated!!!!! ~Laura
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This is amazing and quite true... just the other day i woke up and it was COLD... C-O-L-D COLD! in early august.... and i thought maybe today was rare or something or that it would pass by afternoon... but no it was disturbingly cold that day and for the rest of the week... it was a sad week... i was getting sick from the cold everday because i had cut my hair for the "warm weather..." and each of those nights i felt it get shorter... it was sad... sorry about the story-length comments but your story just triggered something i guess... it was so beautifully written with such imagery and feeling and i could relate to it so well (as you could see)... this is truely a great work.... thanks for sharing it....
Edited on Aug 09, 9:08 because 'I said suck instead of such...
oops...lol'.
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Thank you so much sunrise777!!!! I really appreciate such a fast and pleasent response to my stories! I really enjoy writing my stories, i think even more than i do poetry, all my stories are drawn from my life, i'm not very good at just making things up but I do think reality can be so much more riveting! Thanks again friend! ~Laura
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great work!this is a lovely composition,here!so much imagery,you open all the senses!great great great!way2go!
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