Dear summer......

Screams invade the hospital silence, my mind capturing every emotion
The notion of caring for you was too much and I couldn’t feel devotion
Your daddy called you summer, I asked him why, he had many reasons
He said that you were so beautiful and we would be the family of seasons
Outside the night air took my breath, I looked down and realised your beauty
Wrapped in your pink satin blanket, I thought about winter doing his duty
My eyes were burning, I bundled you into the car, it was getting colder
Daddy whispered “someone’s mad” then tenderly tapped me on my shoulder

The drive seemed so long, we’re inseparable, my hand intertwined with yours
Pauses that your sounds fill, daddy looking back before he entered the stores
The windows presenting opportunities, but your now my main, only priority
I look down at your sweet face, can’t even envision myself showing authority
In the distance I can see the ocean, on its glassy surface the sun is glistening
“Are we close to home yet”, you turn around but it seems you’re not listening
Accelerating fast, your so close to the gates that protect its outer appearance
I look up to the sky, pray for you summer, that your dad will give us clearance

we plunge into the water, your in my arms, I hide your face against my chest
Victims to the depths, but I refuse to go like this, swimming, I head west
Your little body feels limp and lifeless, I keep asking myself, is she dead
your daddy’s floating on the surface, with tears I struggle to carry on ahead
Finally we reach dry land, I look at your beautiful face, your mouths blue
Convinced that your dead, I reach in my pocket, and cut my wrist through
People gather around, they try desperately to safe you, I hear you sigh
I try to get up, but I’m paralysed, death is one power I’m unable to defy
With the knowledge that you survived, I relax, to your saviours hand I cling
Leave you with my last words, what will the world do without autumn and spring?…….

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