Summer Again

Today smells like swimming pools and lip balm and lemonade.

Today smells like a suntan lotion parade and sounds like

The swirling of that artificial ocean we call the water park.

Today tastes like Razzmatazz smoothies and the

Beaches of Florida. The umbrellas are planted,

Slanting this way and that way in the burning sand.

Well, it’s not really sand – cement, yes.

After all, this is our red, Oklahoman land.

But today still smells like the tang of lemons and limes,

Oranges, and coconut shavings.

Today feels like the kiss of sunlight on all-too-pale skin.

Today is the rush of the wind through stringy, wet hair.

Today we shed our American care and breathe humid air.

Today, it is summer again.

By Samantha Lindholm

Written May 29, 2012

Written in anticipation of the summer season! O how many memories summer brings of the months of my childhood summers spent living, like a mermaid, at the local swimming pool.