Mackenzie

16

On the Subject

On the subject of summer,
the night will advance with a coolness unsure of its seasoning yet crisp in the uniqueness of its desire.
Taste the air with lungs unsure of what to do with cleanness
anymore
and hope the city stars will not fade under screens of pollution like the others
because then what would dilated pupils look up to for encouragement
then;
not another screen
not another.
Because the days will come and the sun will ripen with heat demanding acknowledgment
yet still bare eyes cannot look summer in its face without cowering at the presence of light.
Because first we must conquer the night without scattering the stars behind blankets and layers
and then maybe summer might not pass with the swiftness and sneakiness of an orphaned child pocketing survival
because awareness incites pause
and thus a feeling of
realization.