She is Summer

She is summer,

Full of laughter and joy

Radiating love and light

Among everyone she sees,

Without a care in the world

She runs free

Adventuring recklessly

Leaving bruises and scraped knees

And losing pieces of herself

As the summer rain begins,

Like the tears she cries

Late at night.

The leaves start to fall

Along with her spirit

And her friends tell her

That her pain is beautiful

Capturing the changes

In pretty photographs,

She feels the air cooling

Sending chills down her spine

And drying up her heart

Like the barren ground

Beneath her feet.

As winter rolls around

She hides away

Fearing the slippery snow

The coats the driveway

And the ice

That has grown in her heart,

She stops talking

And they stop calling

Because her pain

Is no longer beautiful.

As her heart hardens

Into a lifeless seed

That will not sprout,

Spring slowly approaches

The returning warmth

Melting the snow

And revealing fresh soil,

A blank canvas

To paint with life

Turning the seed  

Into a beautiful flower.

And once again

She is summer.