the simplest musics

say yes to the sun to the vivifying warmth
of summer and the endless shades of green
that cover ground and trees and ease the eye

and for the sparkle of the light on water
its friendly beckoning and pleasant cool
when you intrude your foot or your whole body

into the pool say yes to all the varieties of life
that whizz and whirr and circulate around us
even the ones that do nothing but annoy

summer is short and autumn's pleasures pall
too quickly in the face of bitter winter
in deepest cold we long for the warm sun