summersong

Summer is ending.  It's hard to believe that at this time last year, I was sitting around and wondering what my life would be like.  I was that girl who liked books better than people.  I didn't have that many friends, and to quote Bilbo, I liked less than half of them half as well as they deserved.  But last year was, quite possibly, the best year of my life.  I met a bunch of amazing people, who dragged me into their worlds with a wholeheartedness and exuberance that helped me remember what it really means to be happy.  Some people I had "known" for years, but just ignored, like TD and the World Destroyer (you guys know who you are).  Some folks jut sort of turned up, and somehow or other stuck around so that I can no longer imagine life without them.  Others came blasting in full-force and decided that we were being friends whether I like it or not!  So that's that.

In a few weeks, I will be a Sophomore.  And my friends will be there too.  Maybe a few faces will be missing from that table, but there will be new people, and we'll remember everyone who's out there, facing the world before us.  So, here's to a year as good as the last--hopefully even better.

Summer is ending.
With a basket of watermelon rinds
On the cracked blue tiles
Of the counter in the kitchen--
Where we watched
The bright, yellow sunflowers
Peek through the darkness
And warmth
Of the earth
And take root, and grow.
Where my sisters laughed
Over a thousand episodes
Of whatever they could find.
Where I hid away
With a pencil and a paper.
How strange to think,
That Summer,
Which embodies life and light
Is fading into a Fall
That feels like Summer.
Perhaps because I know
What warmth awaits me in colder weather

And now, from one of my favorite bands--June Hymn.  Great song :)

GOODBYE SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!