Just a Memory

I worry about what will happen when the sun gets closer

What will happen to the oceans as they faster and faster rise in Maine where we go each summer

What will happen to the tallest mountains that we hike and play on it the summer

To the breeze that blows and the trees that sway in the wind up on the hill that I’ve known since as long as I can remember

The place where we saw the most beautiful sunsets of orange and pink

As we played and walked and laughed

To young to ever think this place could just be a story

A memory of all we had

Of all we lost when the world couldn’t find the strength to pull itself together

But now it’s too late and the last laugh

The last smile

The last summer night looking up at the stars like a million shining diamonds

The last sunset showing the beauty that humanity just couldn’t seem to keep within their grasp

It’s all gone

And there won’t be anything like that ever again because it was the one place that I saw crystal clear

The shining beauty of what the world could truly be