A change in mood. I was looking out my window and listening to the sounds of the evening. I was also probably inspired by the fact that the aircon has died on me again, and it’s so hot around here!

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    Unfrozen
    Darkening skies
    Sweaty air
    Where is the wind to lift my mood
    Sultry evening
    Immobile, still
    Where is the heart that used to beat nearby

    Through the humid streets
    Past lonely lamps I walk
    Stolid gates and rigid hedges
    Frozen but uncomfortably warm

    And yet
    Birds call out their evening song
    Come gathering in the muggy gloom
    Perfectly able to find each other
    Wings moving, voices shrilling
    Stationary air that becomes a tiny gust
    Life that rolls past
    Undaunted by stifling stagnation

    Darker now in lifting heat
    Leaves tremble
    A soothing sign
    With lightening step
    Cooler stride
    I turn toward home
    A song perhaps, a wing flutter and a breeze
    Will find the heart
    And bring it to beat beside me again

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