Promptly 4, 5 and 6

An Early Summer

An Early Summer

Sitting in the sunshine
the bright and clamorous sunshine
of unpredictable May
when summer mistakes itself
and arrives too soon
so veined and wrinkled skin
a salt dry lake
is steeped in search of vitamin D
perhaps a touch of colour
while the heat penetrates deep
warming the soul
and consolation for the winter long
a sentence revoked.

We wriggle in unaccustomed warmth
so welcome yet edged with pain
aged by seasons past
praise to the sun’s returning
another year’s promise.

Line count: 18
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 39
Prompt: Using metaphors, write a poem about your current weather.