Watermelon slices

Messy faces of summer

Seeds lead path to fall.

I slink in the shade

But teased by fun under sun

I blister and fade

Sauna without walls

Twinkling fairy lights hang. And,

Dewy skin tastes sea

School can't get me now

No homework to hold me down

Free to write all night

Lighting strikes the sun

Silent thunder screams wonder

Summer's surrender

Trying to stay cool,

no hurry to get to school,

lazy in the pool.

sun and saltwater

shimmer off my sand-scraped skin

slide my suit aside...

You and me singing

at night with the cicadas

A cake between us.

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.