Sunshine

 The Sun blazing down on me,

Heating the air like an oven around me,

The air clear and fresh, colours so bright,

A cooling breeze making it bearable.

Windows open to kill the house,

Hoping to stop the temperature rising,

A battle I cannot win, starting to sweat,

Cars passing breaking up the silence,

The only sign that time was moving.

The yellow glow of light hanging in the sky,

Seemingly motionless with the heat overbearing,

Not a single cloud to block its sight,

Ever seeing, ever bright, ever burning.

Every floor showing under its inspection,

The glow-giving no quarter, clear of vision,

Every second wife renewed, give him energy and hope,

It is the spring the time of renewal. 

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The Sun dances in and out,

But when it is here it screams and shouts,

Say I'm here, for now, to sweat you out,

Hydration is key in these times of heat,

If I get dehydrated I will taste defeat.

Some days Hotter than the fires of Hell,

Next comes rain and coolness for all,

This is summer here in Scotland that is true,

Waking up in the morning with absolutely no clue,

Will, it be Hot or will it not,

Sometimes you have to go outside and just take a shot.

This is our penance for the gifts we are given,

A landscape that was surely from heaven,

Water so clean and so very pure,

River fill with fish I'm absolutely sure,

We here in Scotland are so very fortunate,

For we have everything you could ever have needed.

So in this the summer that has burned so hot,
I say roll on autumn so I can finally move,
For all of this heat for me is bad news,
A danger to stoma it is very true,
But here is a secret just for me and you,
I am thankful every day that I am alive,
For too close to its end, I have come.



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Hey Guys I am still alive but between the heat, preparing for the EDA conference and teaching day and a lack of inspiration I have been a bit quiet but I found the first poem I wrote in the spring so I decided to add one about summer so that it was 'up to' date. I have a lot of things going on with my health at the moment so I have been a bit less motivated but I am trying to get back into writing my poems as they help me cope. I hope you all enjoy them and if you are experiencing the heatwave at the moment whether you are a doctor, nurse,  patient or anyone else please make sure you drink enough dehydration is very easy to get into but can be a lot harder to get out and can be very dangerous.

Thank you, everyone, for reading these and I really hope you enjoy them.