Solstice Surrender

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The Summer Solstice is here and the sun is officially dying 😀
The Audio features a reading by me - as opposed to an automated voiceover.

Solstice Surrender
Light thrown, warmth sown.
A transitory brilliance 
Sol seizes solstice crown
Her chorus circles silence.

Golden net, wide and thick
Strained and thinning fire.
Smooth air, perfumed silk
Taut fabric, tightening wire.

Focused flames waxing full,
Dreams ripple through the rays.
Idle dances in sun blushed dells
Deny approaching colder days.

Sol bursts, shimmer, burn 
One moment of splendour.
At the apex of the turn
Forcing night into a corner.

Sol accepts her slow decline
With practiced poise and grace.
Watching children fritter time
Whom spring shall soon replace.

Till the soil, gather, labour
The luxury of thickest light,
Fleeting in its favour
Holds older debts to night.

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Thank you for your time as always
Graeme

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