something i wrote when i was very, very tired.

i'm surprised with what i can actually do when i am lightheaded and a little sick.

there's a virus going around in school. i think i've caught a bit of it.

but because of my excessive intake of chocolate and sweets this season, i seem to be just fine.

i am, however, missing the beach.

here i lay

on a summer afternoon

almost memorizing

how crabs scamper,

the pull of the high tide,

the salty scent,

how my fingers fit into my sloppy hair and,

the flight of the wind 

because one day,

all of this will be gone.

this bliss.

this innocence.

this youth.

and here i lay

on a summer afternoon

wishing for

anything 

that might make me forget.

forget it all.

forget the waves and how they move.

forget the salty scent of an endless summer,

forget the wind and how it grazes through my disheveled hair.

because it might save me.

it just might help to forget.

so here i lay

on a summer afternoon,

mixed inside.

because i know,

that i will never fail

to remember.

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