Relief

70 degrees
and my heart soars!
rejuvinated
filled with energy
normally stolen
by the neverending
Texas summer.

I laugh
my truest reaction
finally feeling
comfortable
it's almost like being
home.

Temporary
I know the heat returns
too soon
but eternally grateful
for today.

If
I could stop time
I'd stop it
right now.

Savor
this feeling
until I'm full

then start
again

living.

- Jackie L Meyer, c. 2005