Sunlit Eyes

Because it feels like summer.

And I crave..

chalk drawings, outside sleepovers, bike rides, and windows down in the car while i'm driving to the grocery store to pick up strawberries for the 4th of July picnic. 

I smell the grass under my head and mango syrup on my snow cone.

I remember dancing to Demi Lovato on the front lawn and making music videos that would be ridiculed if they were ever viewed in public. 

I miss jumping on the tramp. Learning back flips.

I hear the neighbor kids flirting and hear teenagers plan road trips.

I know that every summer,

 I'll watch too many movies about summer romances and secretly want one myself,

I'll lay out and get burned,

I'll dream of the beach,

I'll spend too many days sleeping and mowing the lawn,

I'll wear white eyelet sundresses and buy 3 pairs of sunglasses,

I'll dream about my future and the summers to come.

Until then,

I have march...not even worth capitalizing the m. 

and march madness (very small sarcastic "yay")

and Hunger Games (which is too glorious to be talked about)

but,

 none of this compares to coral nail polish and hot summer days.

hm..patiently waiting