a list of things I want to do before summer says goodbye

cosy season is near but i am not ready

• Wear the top with no sleeves even though I am self-conscious about my arms

• Spend a day at the park reading 

• Write a love letter to the season because as much as I love cosy autumn and the excitement of spring, nothing feels more like home than summer

• More cloud gazing — I sent a picture to my mum of a cloud that looked like a pig and she could see it too and it made me feel close to her

• More writing about deep blue skies and the heat on my skin — my way of soaking up every last drop of summer

• Remember the pictures the sun draws on my living room walls with the shadows of my belongings on the windowsill

• Have a BBQ at my mum’s house

• Walk the streets of central (London) before it gets too cold to wander aimlessly

• More staring out of my window to watch the clouds pass, the juxtaposition of the green trees and a clear blue sky, birds landing on the chimney outside of my window

• Wearing sandals which I have never really known the subtle pleasures of until last year

• Wear that dress I just bought from Nobody’s Child that makes me feel elegant and summery

• Enjoy the decreasing number of bright early mornings we have left before it means starting and ending our days by touching a light switch

• Have more drinks with ice so I can hear the *clink clink* and feel cold liquids fill my chest

• More hugs from the sun

• More picnics with friends

• Another day at the beach

• Read Hot Milk by Deborah Levy again

• Take pictures on nature walks before the autumn colours set in

the trees parting for the sky (2023)

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