Summer apex

When the summer comes, and you can sense the rising heat all the way to your bones
You can feel even in the middle of the night that the heat will not go away,
There will be no permanent cooling, it will not sap our inner heat so much that
It will not be built up again even stronger and hotter the next day.
There is a feeling of endless strength, of a world that is not drawing in
But going forth further and further every day with more and more energy,
More fury, more spectacular feats and variety and life.
Summer is an endless source of energy we are too small to contain,
And we seek to let it out, let out the excess we know we cannot
Do justice to without bigger feats and a rage of self-expression that
Might resemble the hot, expanding world around us in some small way.

William A. Otis