warmth begins to set in and the air smells like wood and grass and growing things you say that I radiate heat but I think my body is releasing all the love I can't hold inside the summer energy vibrating in my skin breeding optimism deep in my soul the positivity of growth and breathing and survival sunlight showers me with inspiration until my skin burns in revival my fingers twitch at each fruity breath of the flowering mother a tiny desert city's mighty contribution to a world of drought dry air crackles through my capillaries, always reminding me where I am surrounded by the muses of the valley cold, dark, alluring peaks line up on all sides protecting us within the walls of tireless sunshine