I have heard beautiful things

Summer melting

To me, you were one season
Of shorts and sweat and shine
Of strawberries and bicycles
Of flowers by the vine

In June we often chatted
Of what's and when's and why's
We spoke of things beyond us
And I was smitten by July

But days soon became shorter
Green leaves dissolved to browns
And you left me for the autumn
As I clung to summer's nouns:

I still smelled you in the berries
I still heard you in blue skies
The grass still felt like songs we sang
In daisies bloomed your eyes

Because fall can look like summer
So my perception was untrue
While you embraced September
I still hung myself in June

It was easier come winter
To think of you much less
For thick jackets weren't your laughter
Not your words a snowy mess

But now the sun has risen
On longer, hotter days
But you have gone from me forever
And I'm alone in sunny rays

Trash and turmoil

I have been searching
Barefoot and bare minded
Through the trash surrounding me
Hopelessly digging
But I cannot find where
Another mans treasure could be

I know that it's in there
Buried in trash
What someone else finds gold
I've seen people find it
And try to make rash
How they see a rose in my mold

So I took up my shovel
It shook in my hands
As I sifted through my murky grove
But I kept on digging
Uncovering nothing
Except how deep I had dove

Now I am buried
Too deep to recover
In another mans winnings, my waste
But I will stay here
For I too should be rotting
In my treasures I'd be misplaced

Nouns from today

Showers, text messages, plans, naps, friends, trains, delays, snow cones, flirtatious, fears, spas, calls, smiles, blankets, basements, beds, lamps, brats, storms, garages, chairs, grills, brothers, politics, cookies, cars, dogs, movies, chips, snuggles, laughs, secrets, pongs, storms, songs, drizzles, and satisfaction.