Summer

I kept counting the days

for summer to arrive

guess I lost track of the time

what season was I

All I ever wanted was sunshine

and warm weather

where I can ride on a bike

and play with the waves.

Last summer I remember

I walked by the shore.

I drew a line on the sand.

Powdery white, almost like flour.

I made a boundary,

not the salt water can cross.

Then I sat quietly.

Humming...

Hours passed.

Then there was the sunset,

It was magnificent.

Like an orange ball 

Slowly sinking in the ocean.

I raised my fingers,

pretending to hold it.

I stood up, and run across the line I made

And into the water I swam.

Series of waves crashed 

through my body. It felt warm

and everything was calm.

Before the night fall.

I headed back, then there I saw

the line I made

perished.

Guessed the salt water

washed it.

I walked home,

wondering

supposed my life was like that.

Whenever there is something good,

no matter how concrete the walls

I built to avoid risk, I always end up

on the other side.

Just to know that there is something good

Like summer

Is enough to break rules

to do the thing you love

to make you happy

to really really

make you happy

Like summer,

like sunset,

like wind,

like waves,

like sand,

like no other

than you.

Life is too short

and sometimes sad

But if you know

where to look for

simple pleasure

you will never be alone.

Like the sun,

never cease to warm the earth

never asked earth to give back 

in return.

Give like the sun, never expect

and hope for the best.

Like the waves crashed to me,

but if I'd hate it

Then I'll never understand

the beauty of stillness

and peacefulness of the ocean

when it's clear at night.

Rather be thankful of it.

Give LOVE instead..

You'll know why...

It comes around once a year.

This is summer...

xoxo

Fran