Oh, the summer night
Has a smile of light
And she sits on a sapphire throne.
~Barry Cornwall

sparkles and pretending

All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power.
-  Alighieri Dante

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.
Kent Nerburn

sweetpea + fawn