Forgetting and Remembering in July

The air was like a blanket you would throw off
In the heat of the middle of the night
We walked through it like a cobweb
As we strolled down the sidewalk
The time for flowers and blooms
Was over
It was skin and ice cream
I walked with you
Letting
The sun
Beat in our sweaty hearts
We will continue
Until we stop
You twirl me
Grab me
Kiss me
And we forget
Until morning

Alone
In the shower
words and melodies
thoughts and
reviews
water dazzles
in the window's rays
I know
I don't have to search
My shoulders wash
Wet feet step onto the floor

the morning goodbye
an hour before
hardens like the fresh concrete
with the child's footprint
stuck in it