I breathe in air so warm
the hairs in my nose sizzle,
I attempt to read, but
heat melts my resolve.
The porch swing is like a hot bath,
washing away concern and energy.
Languid summer afternoon,
Shuswap heat wave.
.
.
Fell asleep trying to read on my porch this afternoon. When I came inside, I checked the thermometer: 43 C which is 109.4 F. Just a tad warm!
Shawn L. Bird 
stay cool 😎 as alwayz … 🙂
In the A/C now…
Glad you weren’t in the sun. You would’ve certainly changed color! That’s hot!
Definitely!
All over our Northwest. We lucked out today and, so far, no thunder-bangers.
Same. Lightning would be bad in these dry forests!
“washing away care and concern” yes, nice. Sounds better than going “back and forth” on all the things that concern us and can do nothing about! Thank you…eyeing up the porch “glider” for a dip of care and concern away!! Thanks Shawn:) blessings, denise
Thanks for stopping by, Denise!
I’m glad you were on the porch when you fell asleep or the next poem would be about the ouch, ouch of sunburn.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
I would have turned to bacon!
Heat has risen, all over. Sprinkles, and, thankfully, few lightniing bolts thus far, in the California Sierra.
It’s raining here at the moment as well. I hope we get lots of water that soaks into the ground and no lightning!
Crisp here today, a dry cool in the South Pacific.
here it’s
dry heat outside
humid heat inside!
But don’t you have a lake…
I do. A large one.