Summer

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Under the stars and the trees,

in the valley, in the leaves,

on that little stretch of land

that goes out into the pond

where i'd sit and watch the sunset

where i'll do so when all this snow is gone.

Running with the stream,

being stupid, being young.

Where he fell down on his face

and I couldn't hold my tongue.

That one field we would sit in

for hours on end,

eating fruit and hoping the power lines

wouldn't fall and cause our death.

And of course it never happened,

but i always had to think,

if i were to die right now, 

at least the sky is pretty and pink.

Oh, that funny little park,

all stained and stuck with gum.

I'd go there alone,

swinging back and forth until the night would come.

But everything has changed,

I don't know them anymore,

but i'll walk back to the field,

and i'll bike back to my core.

We'll drive back to the valley.

Where i'll run around with my dog.

Picking all the dandelions

from that nice little pond.

And i'll walk back down the sidewalk,

and i'll look up at the trees

all of them cutting through the sky

like the scars on my knees

from when I fell down on this concrete

all those years ago.

I've been here before, I'm sure of it, I know,

but this time is different, this time I don't feel on my own.

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