sticky sweet sexy summer

i like to walk barefoot on burning asphalt.
naked feet hopping over ragged stones,
searing sunshine pouring through every gap,
hot, sweating skin & the smiling sun upon my back
kissing my rosy cheeks as i pant with exhaustion.

i like to lie on my back in fields of grass & dandelions;
their delicate petals tickle my bare arms,
laughing and dancing as the wind wanders by,
my senses enraptured, pollen seeping from every pore,
the sweet scented flowers clogging my nose with desire.

i like to stand alone with arms upturned,
face to the sky, embracing the rain.
watch as my clothes melt away,
clinging until i am only skin.
i taste the bitter flavor of tomorrow in a single drop;
feel it cascade down my face,
mascara lines engulfing my cheeks as though i cried for hours
cried to be cold, to be naked & new.
cried to be washed away, dripping down sewer drains
following the crashing flow to the ocean's shore.

the sweet seductions of summer flow like honey,
landing warm in my empty stomach, satisfying & saturating.
intoxicating love, drunken desire, full & pregnant belly of life
kiss me hard on the mouth & suck out every doubt of tomorrow,
every memory of concrete oceans & steel structures that blot out the sun.
help me forget the broken promises of yesterday
& give birth to the innocence of new life & new hope.
kiss me sweet summer, seduce me until i forget,
then wash the old shell away in a never-ending rain.
scrub me until i am clean & raw, exposed for who & what i really am—
a dreamer & a lover.