Kara

15

The Man of Summer

The man lives in a tiny cottage.
An old cottage, it was,
Surrounded by rotten wood,
That was always desperately clinging to each other,
With only a few rusty nails.

The Man of Summer never minds.
For he lives in a wonderful place,
A wonderful place he only sees.

As The Man of Summer walks down the occupied streets,
He notices the frowns on many faces,
And how they walk around the town like mindless zombies,
Off to do work over and over again.
Off to continue their linear lives,
Without wonder and curiosity and happiness.

The man has a radiant aura,
Full of wonder and curiosity and happiness.
He wonders why they are never happy around him.
He wonders why they don't appreciate the summer.

The blue skies are always cloudless when he is around,
The flowers always bloom wherever he steps,
The cold scurries away from his body because of his existance.

However,
No one wants to be around him.
Perhaps he needs to learn how to share.
How to share his cloudless skies,
How to share his blooming flowers,
And how to share his beautiful warmth.

As The Man of Summer walks down the occupied streets,
He approaches the people with the frowns on their faces,
The people that act like mindless zombies.
"Everyone, it's summer! Enjoy the summer!"

The crowd simply gazed back at him with bleak eyes,
Devoid of any life.
They stopped walking,
And listened attentively.
"Summer?"
One asked,
Almost as if he never heard the word before.

The Man of Summer smiled,
As he finally grabbed the attention of others.
"It's a time of cloudless skies!"
"A time when flowers bloom!"
"A time when the beautiful warmth comes to stay!"
"A time when people can smile and enjoy their lives!"

Everyone in the crowd smiled at the idea,
But some were left skeptical.
"Is that real?"

The Man of Summer chuckled,
Offering a grand gesture to his surroundings and everyone else's.
"Look around you!"
"What do you see?"
He shared his beautiful vision to everyone around him.
He shared the beautiful skies,
The vibrant flowers,
The caressing warmth.

The Man of Summer shared his beautiful world,
The one only he could see before.
It only occurs for three months,
But for many three is long enough.
People can savor the moment it comes,
And grow anxious for its return.

Many people think it's a dream come true.
Many people call it a miracle.
However, everyone still calls it,
Even to this day,
Summer.