Three months of absolute fun
is what every kid looks forward to.
living memories under the sun
always having something to do

But summer comes with its disanvantages
as it swoops up your friends into voyages,
leaving you with nothing to do,
and all your friends are gone too.

But there is always one friend
who is always available
able to free you from the shackles
that bind you to your home.

The feeling I get as I rush outside,
the breeze I feel rubbing against my skin,
the smell of fresh air rushing up my nostrils,
the bright summer rays bouncing off me.

That feeling I get once I'm outside
is a true summer feeling.
no matter the season, if you feel what I feel
as you rush outside, that is a summer feeling .

Today was another beautiful day.
I don't mean in the form of a bright
blue sky with the sun shining, in fact it
was rather fogy most of the time.

I mean the time I spent with my friends was fun
and exciting. We do, jonathon , Kevin and I
our usual routine meeting up at Newberry
to play soccer and football.

To make  it more fun we do trick shots but today
I really looked forward to hanging out
with them for one big particular reason,
and that is the fact that I skipped my morning run.

Johnathon and Kevin are extremely active
which means we play sports usually everytime
we hang out. After I skipped my run, I felt bad
because I give myself something to do but I just
don't feel like doing it.

Running feels mandotory, and  that is a
terrible feeling to have. But after I started
to play with Johnathon and Kevin  it felt good.
I was getting lots of exercise and I was working a sweat.

I come to realize that I love that feeling
to be out of the house, hanging out with friends
and playing sports with them. It makes exercising
so much more fun that I now do it everyday.

Though I think to myself right now that I need to run tomorrow
morning, I think to myself as well that if I just can't then
I'll just have to play extra hard today with the boys. And
the best part is, I do play extra hard and it feels good.

It was a beautiful day.  

The sun was shining up in the bright blue sky.  
As I listened to Mati talk about her day,  
her ideas, her new school, I couldn't stop
noticing peoples  faces bright and happy.

Whether it was a husband  happy to meet
his wife for his anniversary dinner, or  a
child excited to get that new toy he was
asking for.

A typical summer day, but
brighter than ever. As we arrived at the
red line train stop, I said goodbye to mati
and started to head home.

Half way down the route I was heading
to go home, I felt thirsty. I had decided to
travel through Oz park to get a drink from
the water fountain, and that is when I
noticed a change of scenery.

As I looked at the playground and the
children playing I noticed their shadows
had disappeared. I look around and  it
was getting darker. I pull out my phone
and look at the time. 5:30.

Tony had said towards 6 it would start raining.
I still had 30 minutes to spare. I took another
quick sip and walked down the path leading to
Howe St. I look at the tennis games and the
baseball game and suddenly my heart stops
for a couple seconds.

A sound, like someone trying to turn on a lighter,
that flick sound, I heard it. And then KABOOM!!
a bolt of lightning travels through the air,
the sound waves traveling heavy and strong
through my ears.

I stand there thinking quickly as my mind
processes the situation. I watch in slow
motion the players on the baseball field
running away.

Same goes for the tennis players.
My eyes slowly move up and fix themselves
on the pink sky on the horizon and then,
just as slow, they look up and see a dark cloud
with eyes beaming at me,  paralyzing me.

As I regain my senses, I put my hood on,
and continue to walk. And to think that all
the emotions I felt, all the adreneline building
inside of me, I felt in just seconds.