Summer
Summer afternoons, peaceful and quiet
Melting popsicles and exploding sodas
Vibrant colors from fireworks
Bursting into the pale night sky
Going to my lake and sailing like a boat gliding or flying
Sitting on hot sand, burning my legs and back
Summer is tossing, turning in new green grass like rain that falls
Eating pink and white icing on my birthday
Playing for hours with my friends
Sucking on watermelon and spitting the seeds
into the air like flying black sparrows
Getting sunburned while the orange-red sun babbles
Seeing twinkling stars in the night sky
Yawning in the day and hibernating in the night
As I sleep summer passes
until I say
Goodbye summer, hello winter
By Mekenzie, age 9