I Watch the Skies and Every Leaf and Petal

"Summer Song" (1908). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art under an "Open Access" license, CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

I romanticize you all year long,
dreaming of

your warm embrace,
your perfumed evening,
your languid morning,
your unrelenting afternoon.

And then like some imposter,
I watch the skies
and every leaf and petal
for any rumor of your
pending departure.