Summer

Summer is just around the corner

And I can feel it.

I can feel it in the trees' blossoms under my fingertips,

Every dandelion I pick for a crown that always droops,

In how the mud sinks into my shoes,

In every drop of rain on my skin.

I can feel summer

Vibrating in my bones.

I can feel it creeping

Just out of reach -

In every heat wave

The humidity

The way my t-shirt sticks to my back.

Slinking in around the edges of my life,

And it's undeniably there -

But I can't accept it.

Summer means

Closing out another year.

Where is my life going?

Why are the years going so fast?

And soon

They will be leaving.

Summer is right there,

This unseen pressure

And while I do enjoy some aspects -

Pool parties, popsicles, air-conditioned movie nights, farmers markets -

I do not like

What comes with it.