Sweet Summer Solstice

This is a short piece of poetry I wrote about a picture studied in class. The photos inspired our poetry. With the theme of the new spring sun and near summer feelings, the poem seems appropriate.

I look down at my feet
Feel the individual blades between my toes
My weight crushing the life in the grass
The coolness reaching up through my legs

I'm alone, without a care in the world
My palms face upward
Soaking in the sweet summer solstice
Hoping for something to fall into them

My mind is a balloon out here
Peaceful from emptiness
Lost in the world, forever floating
Reaching the height of the birds, flying

My smile breaks the wind
My eyes shut out the world
And in this sweet summer solstice
My soul feels new once more

The breeze takes my worry
The leaves absorb my pain
The flowers open up my arms
And through and through, I smile