Awake

Awake and listening to the trees swaying from the wind outside my open window. The solar lantern with chimes I hung on a tree a few days ago, gently plays a single note now and then. The cool air comes in every so often, but it's not too cool as I'm dressed in a tank top and thin cotton pj's. Everyone is asleep in the house. Sometimes during the night, I hear birds chirping away, but I think it's too early for those nightingales to be up to sing their early morning song.
I love summer nights, don't you?

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