To June
But of course I have always loved you
Before caterpillars learned to grow wings
Before Medusa lost her body
Before sailors heard sirens
In white flames of a blacksmith hearth
Orange flames burnt both our hearts
Forging this wedding ring
As the first song learned to sing
Before light learn to crack dawn
Before Rome had a catholic king
Before green wandered into lawns
You were always my only everything
Shine leans away from you
Jealous of the things you do
Stoic embraces your face
Light of day can hardly wait
To rise and remove nights gloom
To smooth morning dew full of grace
My body heat and essence must wait
For the sweet summer fragrance of June
No heat can find December
All but in June I can’t remember
Flower pads land butterflies
Trees sling sparrows to sky
I stand still as a tomb
Background flowers abloom
On summer wind you arrived
All hair in the air part the sky
Showing way to the summer ball
In your hands you create this man
As time traps all the sand
It’s then I realize I’ve got it all
As you burn a small kiss on my lips
In June lye’s the summer’s bliss
Without your spring only winter and fall
But of course I have always loved you
All the year long!
