Summer

Trying to keep up with all of these high expectations

While telling them to go away

Dressing up and stripping down

Fading youth as time goes by

But we desperately hold on

Like hanging off the edge of a cliff

Sweet summer child walking through hellfire

Told that I can be anything I want to be

While what I want keeps getting pulled out of reach

Flowers in my hair

The petals wilting and blooming

Ice around my heart

Melting and refreezing

Mother Nature, the biggest natural disaster

Often, I just want to scream

But wouldn’t want to be considered crazy

Keeping the patience of a saint

And a smile on my face

While inside me, it’s Pompeii

If I give up, I’m a failure

If I keep trying, then I’m trying too hard

When the sun is out,

I’m both glowing and burning out

On my knees or my back in the dark

In pleasure or pain

Wet between my hips or tears falling from my eyes

Like summer rain