A Child Summer I would Like to Stay

my mother’s tulips by the house shown bright

as laughter from the pool rang high all day

and all the sleepy birds had taken flight

a child summer I would like to stay

when trees were castles in the sky up high

and dandelions flew like fairies new

when dreams where seas that wouldn’t ever dry

with life unfolding magic stories true

remember nights of warmth so sweetly free

we ran through yards in light of star and moon

back then the glow shone under all to see

and mystic kingdoms sang to us a tune

a song of life made from those summers’ dreams

that song where life’s much brighter than it seems