Another summer begins

The heat returns as perspiration drips

from my brow after a late evening walk.
How quickly I had forgotten summer heat
during the long colder winter months.

Now it comes suddenly reminding me

of the need for iced drinks and cooler
times of sitting under the fan while
the air conditioner provides its relief.

Soon we will be complaining of how

hot it is and wishing it were winter

once again. How fickle we people are,

always wanting what we don't have.