Summer. Poem by Shaun Cronick

Day by day the heat persists,
Don't know how I can exist.
Every day the blazing sun,
Awful lot of damage done.

Fall asleep no matter where,
From the hot and humid air.
Every day so hot and fine,
For a cooling swim I pine.

Dash right home and into shorts,
Give no thought to outdoor sports.
Grab a cooling drink and book,
Softly settle in a shady nook.

Thinking and the writing wait,
Until another later date.
Toss and turn throughout the night,
Waking up feeling like a fright.

Hot I am and hot I'll be,
Until some cooling rain I see.
Summer's here and here it stays,
A summer sun and its golden rays.