Summer Memories Collection

Sultry Season (crazyp01)

 Sultry Season

Scorching sun burned

my sunscreened skin

Soaked all over,

even under my chin.

Sweat rivulets steadily

send electric shivers,

flowing down my

sinuous spine.

Stifling like a canned sardine

stewing in the car's heat,

a cooling swallow of life's elixir,

sure to make a quick retreat.

Seeking shadowy spots

I skip, trying to sneak away

but the shamal swiftly slapping me

for such silly child's play.

A searing doorknob, finally home

showering hot steam from the cold tap

safe in bare essentials, unwilling to leave

into sunny sinful trap.

Note - Shamal is a hot, dry wind blowing across the Persian Gulf in summer, typically causing sandstorms.