slow motion
by Elouise
outside my window air hangs heavy
yesterday’s rain now stale
drops in slow motion from the gutter
exposed trees stand breathless
caught in damp morning heat
I hear the rhythmic beat
of tires coming and going
on the road beside our house
August is the saddest month
weary of relentless summer
it languishes—
counting the days
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 3 August 2017
Response to WordPress Daily Prompt: Symphony
Telling the Truth 
August feels like the hottest month where I’m at.
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I feel for you! Right now…. 😦 I’m in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Not quite as bad as Portland (Oregon) is right now, but bad enough for me. Thanks for the comment.
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I can feel the weight of each sentence, hanging for thought and the visualization so very clear through. Lovely piece my friend ❤ hey super L ❤
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Lucy says what slow motion? I’d never let that happen to QE! 🙂 Seriously, August is such a downer–end of summer vacations, beginning of school terms, families returning from who knows where to the hum drum of ‘real life’! Lawns looking a little stressed. When D and I go out walking these days, hardly anyone is home. They’re all trying to escape–in the Poconos or at the shore! I’m so grateful for ac, which makes almost all things possible. 🙂
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What a strange idea; a sad month. I can’t imagine a month being sad, perhaps it’s not the month but the person.
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Hi, Brian!
Months can be sad, happy, cold, hot, dull, exciting, reminders of losses, and a whole lot more! It all depends on your point of view–which is, I think, your point. From my point of view, August feels sad for several reasons. As an educator and administrator, it meant bidding a fond farewell to the relative freedom of June and July. As a child, it meant thinking about school and what supplies we needed, and who would be our teachers? Vacation time dwindling! For me, August is also a reminder that life is moving on. I’m not as old or chipper as I used to be. The trees are already looking a bit raggedy, and autumn leaves will be falling all too soon. Which is probably a whole lot more than you wanted to hear about! 🙂
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I suppose it’s because I always look for the bright side of everything, Up here in the Southern Hemisphere things are reversed and you’d probably find March a sad month or should that be February when the children go back to school after summer holidays. I love March it’s the start of Autumn the loveliest of seasons, well I love it. Every season has it’s own beauty and something going for it, even Winter. Now I hate being cold, but what I love about Winter is waking in the cold mornings and standing in a piping hot shower for yonks; what a happy time that is, and I am now going to avail myself of such delights 😀
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Sounds great to me, too….though I’m taking a rain check until January! 🙂
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