Today is called the longest day
when daylight mocks the night.
A day to spend with friends just marking time.
A time to mark a year half-gone
and note what’s still to do.
A day to prompt the penning of a rhyme.

Summertime is finally here.
A carefree mindset reigns.
A season of picnics and barbecues.
Baseball games and evening hikes
and frisbee in the park.
Today we light a three-month lengthy fuse.

I love this day. I’ll stay up late
and drink in sights and sound.
I’ll find a way to celebrate the light.
The summer solstice gives us pause
to measure how time speeds
and how the daytime soon dissolves to night.
 

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