Watermelon slices
Messy faces of summer
Seeds lead path to fall.
Sauna without walls
Twinkling fairy lights hang. And,
Dewy skin tastes sea
I slink in the shade
But teased by fun under sun
I blister and fade
School can't get me now
No homework to hold me down
Free to write all night
Trying to stay cool,
no hurry to get to school,
lazy in the pool.
Lighting strikes the sun
Silent thunder screams wonder
Summer's surrender
You and me singing
at night with the cicadas
A cake between us.
sun and saltwater
shimmer off my sand-scraped skin
slide my suit aside...
Salty summer air
Lying on the sandy shore
Time means nothing here
The late night camp fires,
stargazing, and barbeques
are what I live for.