Soon There Will Be Buntings Out

Soon There Will Be Buntings Out

Soon there will be buntings out

strung from porch to post, no doubt

and paper stars in windows bright

and kids up past their bedtime light

Coolers packed with honest cheer

old songs rising ear to ear

someone’s uncle, telling tales

while bees hum low through butter pails

A flag or two, not loud or grand

just stitched by time and someone’s hand

waving easy in the breeze

beside the grill, beside the trees

The laughter starts before the flame

no one’s asking why they came

they bring their folding chairs and pies

and something kind behind their eyes

A sparkler writes a slow hello

against the sky’s first twilight glow

and silence settles, soft and wide,

like every heart’s been opened wide

So let the buntings catch the breeze

let shadows stretch beneath the trees

we’ll eat, we’ll laugh, we won’t explain

just celebrate this day again

The 4th of July just weeks away,

yet preparation is on the way.

To make it a wonderful celebration of Independence Day

God Bless America.🇺🇸