Fade

While this has been a summer that had far more rain and heat than I can recall, it's still had its share of glorious summer days where one can enjoy hours and hours of sun and bask in the star of nature. Yet, as surely as winter yields to the spring, summer has started its swan song into autumn. I was enjoying a summer evening on the patio, reading the paper and watching various birds and squirrels tend to their business in the yard. Suddenly, I realized it was getting too dark to read, and was rather disappointed at that fact, but didn't give it too much thought.

Tonight, however, I realized that the darkness is now here by 830pm (at least for the purposes of reading on the patio) and, with that realization, I have to concede that the best (and longest days) of the summer are over. While there are, of course, many more beautiful days left to enjoy, my inclination is to hold on just a little bit tighter to the fading summer that I spend all winter waiting for.