Summer Psalm

Beach day. Summer’s end. 

Greasy skin and slimy hair.

Lovers hold on tighter,

A corollary of the sticky air;

But an adhesion of sweat,

known many times before.

The sun’s sting will leave a mark.

They’ll heal each other through love’s arc. 

Because its touch is different from the rest,

More rooted, more whole.

Rhythmically entangled,

Antithetical to one’s best.

A song that contorts the eye astray.

A dance that makes a turn of season feel so far away.


The longest summer of my life and it still has yet to end. I don’t wish for its dissipation nor a standstill, just marveled to see love ebs and flows absolutely—even when we know nothing.

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