Day 177: “Spell for Summer”
With this poem
I call upon
The cool, misty air
To stay with me
Keep me cool
Blue
Protected
From the heat
The pain of summer
The red splotches
Sweat trickling
Overheating
I keep the cool
Calming air
In my pocket
And can pull it out
Whenever the sun is at its highest
Day 172: “Stages of Summer”
Crisp, cool air
Feels like spring
Like the sun is going to be coming out more
Like summer vacation is on its way
Before the heat dictates the amount of time I spend outside
When the thunderstorms roll in
Giving a break from the hot and sticky
I can smell the rain
Feel the change in the air
Then the heat comes
Knocks me down
Kicks me
And keeps kicking me
Until I’m drenched in sweat, sad, and alone
I board up the windows
Crank the AC
And say goodbye to the world
Until the sun starts setting sooner
Day 166: “Hot Days Are Upon Us”
It’s starting to warm up
And I’m getting splotchy
And itchy
It’s time to load up on cortisone
And cool air
Let me save it for a hot, insect-infested day
Day 66: “Lorde & Savior”
I press play
Close my eyes
Breathe
I’m transported
to 2017
“Melodrama” CD blasting
Feeling new feelings
Maturing
Freeing
Enjoying the summer
For once
When I open my eyes
It’s not 2017
It’s now
Still hot as heck
But
Somehow I can tolerate the heat
When I’m listening to “Virgin”
I feel free
Fed
Awake
Confident
Grown
Alive
Capable
Cool
Lorde might just have saved my summer
Day 64: “Staying Cool”
What repels sunshine?
Sunscreen
Umbrella
What repels heat?
Ice
Fan
But the sure fire way
Just don’t go outside
Day 57: “Summer”
I get why there are seasons
I understand that in order to fully appreciate the cold
We need the heat
And vice versa
But
I hate the heat
Therefore I hate summer
I can’t differentiate the summer from the heat
From the constant sweating
The discomfort
The blazing sun
The sunburn
I get heat rash from being outside for two minutes
I get bug bites from being outside for two minutes
I get annoyed from being outside for two minutes
I think I could deal with it when I was younger
Because I didn’t have school
But I always ended up being excited to go back
Excited for fall
Now
As an adult
There is no summer vacation
And I think that’s horrific
I know I need to get over it
Complaining won’t change it
But
Maybe
Just maybe
If I’m loud enough
The season will change
And it’ll start to get cooler
I get the feeling that will happen
If I keep complaining for just a couple more months
Faking It Made 