‘Like a Sketch in the Morning’ — Daily Poems and Essays by JIYUCHO Owner Koyama

今朝の落書き

オーナー小山が日々書く詩やエッセイ
考え事、悩み事の言葉たち

Summer Me

Summer me
I’m yours

The sunlight beat down
We smiled and waved goodbye, saying let's play again tomorrow
Sweat seeping through a tank top

Ice cream melts and the night grows a little cooler
I have become a part of the world
Do not tell me I am exaggerating

Because
it is summer, isn't it
Both you and I
The life of today melted away
and waved to tomorrow
Just like the blazing sun
Just like the sunset
Ice cream and friends
Ah

Summer me
I’m yours

I cannot sing like the glittering water's edge
so I will light a fire, give off light and dance
Bare skin that water has run over

Forgetting that person from some time ago, I feel a little lighter
Becoming one of the things that make a summer night
Do not think that I have grown up

Because
it is summer, isn't it
People, the sea and the mountains
The life of today melts and burns
reaching towards the blue sky
Just like heatstroke
Just like lovesickness
Towering summer clouds and memories
Ah

Summer me
I’m yours

Think of none of it, just wave
Leap and dance
and at that smiling moment
exaggeration, adulthood, the timid and the children all disappear
The sky, the green, the blue and the wind
The sweat and all of us are summer

So just let me be yours
Summer
Please

Thank you for reading again today.
I left the town where the sound of fireworks had echoed and came to watch the sinking sunlight while listening to the waves. Then the boys began their summer, and I was so happy that I simply stood there watching.

The sun went down, and before I knew it everyone had gone somewhere else. Then, through the screen, I could hear the joyful sound of someone playing the six strings of a Mustang deep in the mountains, and felt happy all over again. Before I knew it, there was a poem in front of me.

It is summer, isn't it. And with that feeling,
Yeah come on, Summer Me!

Summer Me
I’m yours

The sun beats down
We laugh and wave
Let’s play again tomorrow
Sweat on my tank top

Ice cream melts
The night feels cooler
I’m part of the world now
Please don’t say I’m too much

Because it is summer
You and me
Today melts and fades
We waved at tomorrow
Just like the heat
Just like the sunset
Like ice cream and our friends
Ah

Summer Me
I’m yours

I cannot sing like the sea
So I light a spark
I shine
I dance
Water runs on my skin

I forget who I once was
I feel a bit lighter
Like I am part of the summer night
But please do not say I have grown up

Because it is summer
People the sea the hills
Today burns and disappears
We reach for the sky
Like too much sun
Like a heart in love
Like clouds full of memories
Ah

Summer Me
I’m yours

Do not think
Wave your hand
Jump spin laugh
In that moment
Big feelings fear pride childhood
They all fade
The sky the green the wind the sweat
All of it
Summer is in us

So please
Let me be yours
Summer

Thank you for coming here today.
Leaving the town where fireworks echoed
I came to watch the sun sink with the sound of waves
Then the boys began their summer
and it made me so happy I just stood and watched

The sun went down
everyone slipped away somewhere
and from deep in the mountains
the joyful sound of a Mustang’s six strings reached me through the screen
That made me happy too

Somehow
a poem found its way to me

And just like that
I felt my summer of this year just began
Yes!

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