Poetry

Summer Senses

Feel. Feel the sun shining;
Blistering skin- your skin.
The Sun burning- burning anything in its path
Grass, skin, bottles, and countries.
Feel. The stifling weather:
Boiling blood. Creating conflict.
Anger. Anger produced by the fireball.
Our (Earth's) fireball.
Feel.

Smell. Smell the life;
Lost in winter- resurrecting to worship the sun.
The heat- the smell when you just know it's going to be warm.
Sun cream smeared all over, smelling fresh
Giving an odor of fresh plants or just that classic suncream aroma.
Smell. The smell of burning barbeque's:
The food never eaten normally- too much food.
Gaining weight. Weight we will lose in winter, again.
The (Earth's) cents of summer.
Smell.

Taste. Taste summer;
Ice treats- if you can stop them melting in time.
Barbeque's- if you bother having one this year.
Ice cream dropped by toddlers just wanting to be licked. Not melted.
Taste. The taste of a dry mouth:
Saliva hardening- making breathe stink.
The saliva we wish was water.
The (Earth's) water wanting to be drunk.
Taste.

Hear. Hear the summer tunes;
From this year's charts- repeated over, over and over again.
Bursting eardrums- it's worth it to hear that song for the millionth time.
Played all day every day.
Hear. Hear about the wildfires:
Wildfires because of the heat. Heroes dying for us.
The (Earth's) punishment for its beating.
Hear.

Watch. Watch the disasters unfold;
In front of you- you've never noticed it.
More and more each year- killing life.
Life that will never bloom again.
Watch. Sweaty men with there bare chests out.
Disgusting. Put it away.
Errrrrrrrrr
The (Earth's) man exposed.
Watch.