Summer
The gentle friend of innocence
Sun rays rest on closed eyelids
Filling them with warmth and rest
Soft grass brushes my toes
and does not itch
Laying on my back beneath a speckled night sky
The stars said hi the other night
Summer night wind is a rush of cool and warm
Friends come out in summer time
Together we tether our dreams to the stars
Chasing cars while chased by Mars
We jumped in the stream, below the waterfall
From the pool like glass we watched the season pass above us in the sky
Nothing could tear us from our joy
We laugh on the roof of my car at 3am
Happy meals as happy feelings erase the ache of break ups
Nothing could tear us from joy

Fall
A greater society brought anxiety
And placed it into my book bag
It’s pretty heavy
I carry it with aching back from class to class
I lay in the grass
A bed of needles
I jumped into the stream
And got hypothermia
I looked up at the sky but my eyes burned too much to understand why I ever thought the stars were pretty
A desk asks me to stay till 3am, when I am released to trudge through worry till I can fall asleep
I hate the scream of the alarm
Jolts me from my peace
Pounds on my head as my muscles tense
And regret sets in
I wish to be asleep
The birds don’t wake me up anymore
I don’t think they care
I despair to hear my grades
I stare at comparison
Comparison means friends are gone
I wish it was the summertime

God dances in the summer
Is He watching in the Fall?