Summer, My Dearest Friend
Oh Summer, my Dearest Friend
For your season brings me
But a week of endless midnights
When the sun falls fathoms beneath the earth
And the stars rise to their glorious constellations
Your moonlight whispers to me
Through squeaking cabin doors
And lonely white sheets
And I follow your call into the darkness…
Where my heart’s desire awaits
In eager eyes that spill emerald green life
Over the depths of my bared soul
I follow your call…
Into the arms of a forbidden lover
Whose heart belongs to the road
Whose hands speak wonders to the crying shelter of my skin
I follow your call…
Into the lips of a man
Whose mind escapes sanctuary at the slightest touch
Whose words teach my ears the laws of the universe
I follow your call…
Into the neck of another
Whose warmth shows me safety in uncertainty
Whose sincerity warrants me trust amidst the blackness of night
I follow your call into the darkness…
To stare into a flame
That mirrors back to me all that I am, all that I hope to be, all that I love
So thank you, Dear Summer
For bringing me a traveling lover
Who is not meant to stay
But to call me out into the darkness
Where my heart’s desire awaits
~ Alyssa Noelle Coelho