Rain is gone for now, the earth a bright green stretch of ground

Petals peek out above stems bent by relentless showers

Splashes of purples and oranges and yellows spread

Intoxicating smells of fecundity and regeneration

Tree branches are atwitter with interim tenants

Fireflies flash their morse codes of courtship

While cicada choruses sing in synchrony

The night comes alive with noise

A diversity of plants grow non-stop

Climbing vines embed themselves in trees

A clutch of turtle eggs left underground to break

Open on their own accord, releasing their hatchlings

Who escape into the crazy chaos of blooming and growing

Flourshing and producing and maturing in the summer frenzy

Which will continue to warm our hearts even when it comes to an end