Summer Shade

You were my summer shade–
Tendriled where you graced the oval,
A verdant lake,
Where willows drank,
And in the river springtime sank,
Deflowered.

You were my summer shade–
Sprays of green,
And golden torques,
Were here to stay.

You were my summer shade–
The one we made,
With dirty knees,
Beneath the trees,
In petals and deflowered.

You were my summer shade.