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