SUMMER
Summer
We looked forward to it
Starting right after Christmas
Would the cold never end
What about the lazy days of summer
At the beach
Picnics
Games
And no school
Time passed
In those lazy days of summer
End of August
School began
We didn’t realize
We were growing
Growing all the time
We needed new shoes
New clothes
The old ones no longer fit
Everything was measured by school
First grade
And each grade there after
At last the doors opened
School was out
We tumbled into the yard
What next
More school
A job
The military
Summer would find a place of its own
The lazy days of summer
Would become weekends
June 29, 2018
annellannell 