summertime galore | ✔

february third

the cloudy skies set the mood for today
the road clear of any cars, birds fly above me
as I walk across the road, a red car rushes in front of me
i pull the leash of my white dog
who almost just got ran over

puddles splash below my feet
the cracked sidewalk too, below my feet
a few more cars go by
I always think to myself, are they judging me
my mind always thinks people judge me
its always been like that

I have a decision to make
right now
do I take the short way
or the long way
i know if I go shorter my dog will be crazy later
but the long way is so... long

my dog practically pulling my arm off
i decide to take the long way
walking across the sidewalk
white painted onto the grey road
which has black skid marks
and walked on by thousands of feet

I take a sudden left and head up the hill
to my left a senior living building
looks over to the marsh
behind that is the green ocean
and since it just stormed, the waves are crashing against the sea wall
and almost crashing over the small cottages that have laid there for decades

at the top of this hill lays a graveyard,
three actually
a veteran one, where graves are decades old
the other 2 are of the Catholic church
I know about 5 people who are buried there

besides that
this summer I'd go there with my friends
and talk
light incense
drink some soda
and watch the sun
blaze down onto us
how I miss that
now it's cold
cloudy skies
hot coats
black hats

and after that moment
my mind shut off
my legs walking on their own
I looked around at nature
and the plethora of thoughts laid in the back of my head
till I wrote this poem