Teenage Summer Dreams*

Summer Dreams

By Josh Watkins

When the sun releases its hot, summer beams,

My head begins to fill with many dreams.

First I find some nice, quiet spots,

Where I can release all of my summer thoughts.

I begin to dream about places to travel,

Places where I’ll have fun and new stories will unravel.

I dream of Italy and all of its sights,

From the great city of Rome, to the Leaning Tower of Pisa’s heights.

I can taste the Italian flavor,

Just thinking about the food makes my lips quaver.

Then my dreams turn to the wonderful city of New York,

From roaming the streets all day, to dining at night with a fancy fork.

So many sights to see, pictures to take, people to meet,

O wait! Do I hear the drums of a Hawaiian beat?

How I would love to grab a surfboard and hang-ten,

Just to ride those waves over and over, again and again.

After a day of surfing fun,

I would love to dance the hula under the Hawaiian sun.

But the place I would most like to be,

Is in Walt Disney World with Minnie and Mickey.

I dream of a place where dreams come true,

So I can make more memories of me and you.

Travel is nice, but there are other things to be done,

Like riding roller coasters, for one.

I love strapping in and feeling that adrenaline rush,

Cover your ears because you will hear screaming and no hush.

Theme parks are the place to chill,

For a huge wave of summer thrill.

Once those dreams have passed on by,

The teenage dreams come falling from the sky.

I see myself in a sleek, blue Corvette,

My hair blowing in the wind, this is as good as it is going to get.

Except there is something more,

It is her sitting beside me at the passenger door.

Staring at her smile and gazing at the shine in her eyes,

My heart bursts out of my chest and flies.

I take a deep breath and open my eyes,

Looking one last time at the sunny blue skies.

Dreams are wonderful. I lie here hoping that to one day see,

All of them become a reality.

I apologize posting every other day. I said I would post a new one every day and I will eventually follow through by catching up with bonus pieces and by the time I post my most recently written piece, I should have exactly the number of poems/works to the number of days from November 2-December 31. 

I mentioned before that I had written pieces that give tribute to the seasons, well sorry to disappoint, but this one is not my summer piece. I also mentioned that I was a bit of a romantic and warned that it would appear in future pieces...no further commentary needed here.

This piece is also a little more personal because it reveals dreams I've had for a long time. But as you will find out in later pieces (if you didn't know it already) I'm a dreamer and this is only a snippet of what I have in store. I wrote this around 6-7 years ago and I still have these dreams. Hence a bucket list followed not long afterward. Hey that's and idea! As a bonus I will post my bucket list tomorrow with the next piece of writing! So enjoy this one and be in anticipation for tomorrow's post!

p.s. I realized I made a hefty promise about the raw, unedited forms of my work, but I came to the conclusion that some parts of a handful of pieces are not ready for the public eye yet so they were edited to conceal (for now) those parts but also keep the flow and feel of the piece. From now on if a piece has been edited during the posting, I will place an asterisk in the title. If you really want to know what the piece originally said, message me via text or Facebook MESSAGE or see me in person. Thanks for reading y'all.