When I met you

Oh my dear, although you prefer winter

Deep inside of me is a longing for those warm summer days

When we went on sweet dates and I felt a flutter in my hearts center

Something magical was in the city air that summer, I still struggle to explain it, I still search for different ways

How pure and gentle your words were that night

For a moment even I was intoxicated by the summer breeze

Only the summer flora knows the secret as to how love feels suffocating yet makes one feel as high as the flying painted kites

And when you sat me down on the river bank and held me close, I could hear your frantic heartbeat with ease

We continued together on those golden lit days like a dream, in a haze, living out our time before the world began to fade

Do not believe in never-ending summers, for they do not exist

As sad as it may be, those memories become oh so precious, the many colors of your face in the sunlight like the most radiant parade

Eventually, the leaves had to fall as I did for you, who knew that falling could be such bliss

I now cry softly with the cicadas as I wait, as I miss you

When the earth comes full circle back to you, when I can finally relive that summer with you, this daydreaming heart will not know what to do

-Sophia Genovese 5/27/21

Thank you for reading my poem!

I hope you can enjoy this summer as much as I do.