Kites

Kites tipping and turning

on the wind,

gliding in cloudless blue.

Dragons, birds, square and round,

in brilliant colors,

traversing the sky,

tethered to the ground

by earthbound bodies.

Children running to keep up

with their runaway kites,

their heads thrown back,

laughter bubbling out of them

in joy.

Summer riding in blowing

spring away.

by Dawn Conly