days are longer

yet time passes the same              

wisps of summer foreshadow                 

camping in the backyard                                                       

and biking until we’ve gone far                      

conversing without fear            

knowing true adolescence

will be gone                                   

in a year’s time

so cheers,                 

                 skol,        

                         egészségére

to summer sunrises and tan skin      

academia ceases to weigh down                     

when schoolbells no longer ring         

with so much time,                                                                                                                                           

minds devoid of uselessness        

begin to sing.                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                        “spend the time remaining                                                 

with family and everyone who cares                                 

drugs, leave them lost in snares.

make new friends            

smile from the car, or the bike

crack a joke at the campfire,

or wherever you were tonight.

embrace complexity,

rejuvenate yourself in baths,

refine your personality

and everything

that lasts.

mend friendships

with those whose lives were stole,

and in the front of the train,

kick up the coal.

find the firestarter

and light the match

start the engine

and watch everyone hatch.

showcase ideals,

for you are on a mission

to find people

that won’t be against

your wild ambition.

expect nothing

but somewhere hope for more

because disappointment can’t walk

through a closed door.

we are romantics, poets, artists,

never conforming, never defined, 

i always knew

i was born in the wrong time.”

and while june of ‘24 lasts

transitioning into july

and august just as fast

check every box

before you spend these moments

diluted with debts to pay

and beautiful children to raise,

forever know

this life isn't a haze.