Chasing the wind to learn its secrets
Whispering in your ear just out of touch
Following the mystery that it uses to tease
Inescapable longing lures enticingly
The world forgotten on a summer breeze

Summer meant
swimming and no school
but now it means
burning alive
outside
so I hibernate
indoors
in this air-conditioned house.

When I walk alone and by myself
for a day or two or perhaps a minute,
nothing makes sense and everything does,
and I want to write without words
and love myself while hating me, too,
and prove to you the world is ours
or maybe just yours
when all is paved in pain
like some puzzle missing pieces vital.
But only when I walk alone.

When I have to be with you
for an entire day or a few minutes,
it all makes sense and it doesn't
and I want to talk in silence
and be your friend and maybe more
and prove virility while wrestling the lions
or just by simply holding you
when the tears fall from your eyes
like the blood from one thousand wounds
but only when I have to be with you.

Overcast, sunless
Visibly silent screaming
Parched, now overjoyed

Summertime
Hot days
Warm nights
No pain 'cause it numbs
But opposes frostbite
I become numb from the sun
The salt
The sea
As the summer comes around
I bring back the old me
But I'll bring back the old you
If you give me one chance
One wave
One smile
One look
One glance
One hit from my pipe
One sip from my bottle
Relax, live the moment
Always follow that motto

Smell of fresh cut grass
Calls forth unexpected chill
Dark clouds rolling in

Summer is
dancing leaves,
whispering breeze,
flowing creeks,

Summer is
endless skies,
clear nights,
flickering flames,

Summer is
sweet music,
campfire laughs,
warm friendship,

Summer is
long road trips,
western destinations,
adventures ahead,

Summer is
waking in the morning,
watching the sunrise,
loving until sun set.

Anticipation for the warmest sensation
A realization that there is no trepidation
We shall call it a season of bright bliss
Paradise worth more than a sunset kiss
Where radiance combines with rapture
Where gratification is easy to capture
Whether it’s outside under earth’s star
Or windows down, beach side in a car
Within this season there can never be too much
Of something you can simply obtain, but can not touch
You can call it joy or success, contentment or bless
Fortune that comes without a pinch of stress
Summertime and the living is weather
Happiness and the living is better