In My Summer Mind.. Poem by Almedia Knight-Oliver

In My Summer Mind..



Some folk like spring to
Grow up and spread out

Others like a rose in coil
First love dripping red blood

Others ripe and rotted, then
Falling dead in winter’s SAD

If this holds true then you’re on
Your own to wrestle a seasonal funk

Feeling down and out
Every single day

Those bastards ride your back into
The night, then spiral into your dreams

Feeling hopeless-or a blocked solar plexus
Winded energy. Oak trees. Can’t snap back

A scrumptious meal to feast, yet
Isn’t convincing to rouse your taste

Difficulty concentrating, senses changing,
Yet inconsistent to cognize truth

In my wake; same time dreaming
Transiting from winter to a summer mind

I just as well start here- -
Half way covered, I do tell!

In a mini-summer-dress
Showing off my thighs

Before the vision: I’d tossed out
My flip flops, slipped on toe-less
Bareback Birkenstock

Way before all this happened:
Filled our bellies with juicy berries
Then shared an unripe cherry
Leaving a seed after which was planted
That bore a bub and fragrant flower

Awaken. I took a long ride to the beach
Shed my dress and permission
My feet to caress the shoreline

Though introvert. I stepped outside.
My scant bikini must’ve caught his eyes
Had to step aside lest we collide

All along on Sandy Shore
Conjured nerves of steel
Plunged into the ebbing tides.




July 23,2015- finished August 1st

Saturday, August 1, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: summer time
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