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a lesson on how to live, 'cause we do it best

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an introduction to a beach town,
my home.
we come alive in june.
i know the streets to the ocean so well i
could get there in my sleep, like
it's just the other side of my house and
i'm sleepwalking to get that last bit of
summer fruit in a dream.
long naps on the beach and
afternoons flowing in and out of each other
like tides
when we dive in the ocean
(which, if i was a better poet,
i may liken to tears on a sunny day)
salty and clear and cool,
chilling the skin that was kissed by the sun
and speckled with seasonal freckles like
stars in july,
swimming so much my family calls me fish
and there are days when i still believe i have
the heart of one, like it's what i've been all
along.
walking at sunset slowing down with ice
cream melting sticky through fingers
used to holding sand and seashells;
they slip through the cracks and are
gone.
foreigners visit and we point them out,
laughing like, "look at the white on their noses
and the socks and sandals on their feet and
the cameras slung round their necks,
they can't blend in, we know everyone"
and we know they're just passerbys in our lives because
this is our home.
in august the parties in rentals grow frantic to fit in more
time but the sun doesn't stop sinking earlier to appease us.  
the nights grow longer and we know our time is running out early,
a shy guest.
the trickle begins and we watch as summer-comers drift out,
dazed and full and happy,
leaving us to our closing businesses and empty houses.
we die out in autumn.
the wait is long, but we always do come alive
in june.
Pixelled Copyright by Sophibelle

i wrote this at the beach about a month ago while my mom was taking a nap.  when she woke up, she made me read it to her over and over again, and said, "i wish i could eat it up, to keep it near me always"
i think this is my new favorite poem (that i've written).  or maybe it's tied with she isn't what poems are made of.  either way, i'm very proud of it (O:

(side note: i took the photo on the same day and like it as well)
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chazzlet's avatar
can you please teach me to poetry? holy shit stop being good pls