Summer Times

It’s hot as hell in the Florida sun in the summertime
So hot one can find themselves diving into a cool pool of
blue in a friend’s backyard or a bluish green ocean
on the shore of a white sandy beach
Just to get some relief from the beaming rays of sun
on hot summer days
Yet the heat brings back memories of Summer times of
great joy from her past
A past she wishes she could’ve frozen and
thawed out as life seems to be throwing curveballs at her right and left

Whenever she thinks of summer times she
sees a young carefree girl with dreams as vast as her imagination
A girl with no worries of what could or should be
when time seemed to do nothing but crawl and
two weeks felt like a lifetime
A girl just living in the what was from one moment to the next

As she sits here she can’t help but wonder if
there are still summer times of great joy left to be had
She’d give anything to be carefree once again
Thank God she has the summertime memories of her past to hold on to
For she knows it is these summertime memories that
may be part of the source of strength
she needs to make it through life from now on