for us the sun will stay longer
today, stand still for a moment,
and linger like a lover
unwilling to leave, but with a schedule to keep
he stays long past children’s bedtimes
where we will send them, protesting
the sun has not set on their summer
just beginning
Susan Daniels Poetry 
remember the days of going to bed with the sun still shining? i do. such strangely wonderful memories. love this sfam.
I remember that, too–thinking my mother was horribly unfair–and so the tradition continues….
š yes…but I also remember having some of my best ‘day dreams’ during those shining summer nights, listening to the other kids still outside because their parents weren’t so mean. lol. great memories
Beautiful memories–I have them too š
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Two of my childhood favourite days, the solstice and end-of-school. I love how it doesn’t get dark until 9PM.
Me too–feels like we are cheating night š
My kids get both today, rolled up into one.
Special one!