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cpwrite in Poetry & Free Verse

Six Summers

here's to six summers of growing. Six summers of learning, finding, and creating myself.

here's to the summer of innocence

the summer of not needing to know who I was

here's to the summer of falling —

falling in love, falling apart

the summer I learned a definition for falling that I never learned in 4th grade

here's to the summer of wondering

wondering who I am

wondering if I'm alone

wondering why I feel and why I don't

here's to the summer of finding myself

the summer I learned to love myself

the summer I found myself in the bottom of a cardboard box covered with years of old yearbooks and dust covered regrets

here's to the summer of I love you's

a summer that finally slept

the summer when I discovered even if you don't love yourself someone else will

here's to the summer of I miss you's

a summer of sleepless nights

the summer that taught me what friends are

the summer I found forgiveness doesn't mix with forgetfulness

here's to the summer of now

the summer that leaves tomorrow

the summer I learned not to hide

this was the summer I stood on my own two feet and learned

this was the summer of me

and they tell me —

every summer has its own story

so I wrote my own.