Purple Kites

A few months ago I entered this poem in a poetry competition. I didn't place, but I would still like to share it with you. So pour yourself a glass of this delicious Lavender Tea Lemonade, and savor the summer!

Purple Kites - Wiebke Papenfus

My heart starts singing, I smell purple in the air,

The sun is shining and the sky is all clear.

Not a cloud to see up in the blue far above,

As I stroll through a meadow of lavender love.

I breathe in deeply this airborne delight -

I start singing summer and the notes take flight!

They dance up higher like kites on a string

And all around me every bloom starts to sing.

They lift me higher and with them I soar…

But then the humidity pulls me down to the floor.

In the amethyst field I land on two feet,

But I just keep singing in the summer heat.

I celebrate all these summer delights very fleeting:

Michigan’s short summer soon advents winter heating.

God bless until next time!