Another trip around

 
Another 4th of July weekend

Late night and early morning

Low clouds

More people at the beach

Then I have ever seen

All waiting to catch lightning in a bottle

To save for another day

If only

Days don’t keep

They evaporate

So I sit and listen to the mocking bird sing

it's native song

imitations of car alarms

people traffic and pollution

why the hell would anyone want to save this day?

Why not wait for the fall

when the water is still warm

the swell is more friendly

and the visitors have all gone whence they came

But those days don't keep either