Midsummer

Swedish midsummer is all about dancing around the maypole to live music.

This year, we arrived at the local farm a little too late —

We could hear music in the distance;

But when we arrived at the maypole —

Slender against the cloudy sky —

The musicians were already putting away

Their instruments for the day.

We stopped to admire each ring of the maypole

Bedecked in flowers (woven there by hand).

The day did not go as planned,

But it’s how you roll with life that counts.

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