Summer

By: Caleb Kestner

A sloping hill a steady breeze

A cloud filled sky and rustling leaves
A starry night a moonlit land
A burning beach now cooling sand
Wisps of water froze in air
Dance across the atmosphere
Shifting shadows flash and dance
The world is hidden then enhanced
The world is warm and all is bright
A summers day is bathed in night

I wrote this originally sitting on a hill overlooking Lake Geneva during family

camp. It’s been a long time and taken several additions but bit by bit I finished it. With

this poem I try to reflect all the peace and beauty of a summer night when all is well and

for a moment life is perfect.