The summer nights are very hot you see,
With romantic real life melodies
They are intimate excursions
Free of so may of life’s diversions
These are those spots you can’t visit in the winter
And feel that intimate center
These are places you get under the blanket
Feel the heat and his warmth and want to get naked
It’s the sweet touch of hot and heated intimacy
Yes it’s that tangible touch of nature
Where you take your shoes off, run barefoot
And don’t fake it
These are private and adult moments
That remind you of the youthful time when you owned it
It’s a free time and wild time for nature’s child
To reject being timid and mild
It’s summertime and you should embrace it in a special way
So here are a few things that you should do.
No. 1: Remember the drive in, it’s waiting for you
You and the boo you want to bring through
Hot buttered popcorn all over your fingers
While you look at each other with a smile that lingers
Kissing treats in the most succulent way
While you work hard against your urges
And try to behave
Oh yeah, remember the drive-in from school days
It’s the place where you went to indulge that blissful haze
Or just load up and watch the movies in play
But if that youthful activity gives you cause to pause
Don’t worry there are those who will applaud
Your effort to make this an unforgettable night
One filled with warm memories and free of fraught
But if you reject it because you don’t feel it’s a proper evenings end
Know there is someone who will with him or other men.
No. 2
Botanical gardens are all the rage today.
Even though they are a romantic throwback from yesterday
If your man is not sending flowers
And chooses not to show his face
When all that beauty is in bloom
He will be walking through a flower bed
With a new partner and soon
He’s showing her the variety of the love he has mind
And the flowers that support him and his kind
He’s showing her the assortment that reflects his affection
And please don’t think this is pure conjecture
He is making a real life, real time connection
He knows how the smile lights up her face
While he’s telling her how lovely she is in this place
Strolling a long at a leisurely pace
She is thinking she is winning the race
Yes if he takes her to the botanical gardens too
He’s romancing her, and not you
Which is why you should demand to know who
He thinks can fill your Cinderella sized shoe.
No. 3
And as for those cozy outdoor musical events that we all adore
Or the movies in the park in which we love to take part
They often take place in those same lovely parks
That are filled with the sound of music and groundbreaking art
They include names like Badhu and Jay-Z on their summer holidays
Along with Jazzy Phay along with his hip-hop malaise
But along with those great artists of yours
Are another batch of those even greater we adore
Earth, Wind and Fire and their artistic flame
Along with Jill Scot and Maxwell in the game
If you’re not there to witness this scene
Then assume that your partner is lame or he’s mean
But what is really true, is that again he chose another and she is not you
She is more noteworthy and wants her ear
You are no longer held in his esteem dear.
No. 4
Culture is housed in museums also
They have jazz and funky art to show you.
Those provocative statues that reach out and embrace you
Are the same muses who entice these alternate two
And they don’t require a trip to the Hague or Oslo
They’re right in you town, and you miss them also.
Don’t mis those nights at the museum
You’re likely to see him
And that’s where you should be
And he should be taking you
To discover him and most of all discover you
And if he’s not, there is something wrong
And you should get right before he is wrong
No. 5
They’re are beachfront walks along the lake
Or maybe out to have a steak.
Carriage rides in Central Park
Means he truly is after your heart
But short of these
And getting down on one knee
You have to make sure he does his part.
Make him change and do these things with you
And if he doesn’t, be sure that you do.
For if you are not his destination
He really doesn’t care for you.
Believe it, trust the change and trust the charge.
This is for you.
Summer is a large
Let your dreams be in charge.
Nikki Giovanni’s latest book Bicycles will give you the escape
And offer you the out you should consider and perhaps take.
The real “if” is him and what does it take
For you to have the man and the life you want to make.
Don’t lie yourself and think it just hasn’t come around
He’s already made his rounds about town
But love is in bloom and damn what he has to say
It’s summertime baby, have it your way.
Be sexy, and seductive
But while you conducting
Yourself in dismay
Remember it’s summertime, your time of year.
-phil me