The Hot Nights That I Remember
I Put Off Only To Do Later
I wake up with these incredible dreams
My heart pushing out of my chest
The hot sweat pours down my forehead
There is no use in wiping it away
It will only come back
More and more
Faster and faster
So I squint as the salt irritates my eyes
Outside nature grows in all conditions
When I am inside I can't wait to be outside
Then when I am outside I can't wait to be inside
I am confused
My thoughts are all interrupted by heatwaves
I reach for one water only to grab another
All my energy is twisted in a wreck
No different than a car that is totaled
I watch as my wife deals with a headache and lays down
I bring up the sheets in a ball of heat
Straight from the dryer
It's not long before I strip down shirtless and to my underwear
As the heat has always been my well kept secret
Kind a funny that I end up working in a kitchen cooking
Where the fans are too small and the heat is all around me
It does me no good to complain
No comfort in the humidity and the quiet pain
Suffering in silence
Of years gone past
The littlest movement of desperation
How can a home filled with so many windows
Lack cool air
Reminds me there is no where to go
Are air conditioners one piled on the other
We hold off as long as we can
Hesitant because we love fresh air so much
Ready to be put in the bedroom and our living room
For now we let two stand up fans
Cool off our hottest moments
Comments
DREAM ON (author) on July 03, 2020:
Chatra Ram It is early morning here in Maine. I wake up to another wonderful comment. How do you stay cool in the summer?What are your winters like? Thank you so much for reading and sharing. Happy Friday.
CHATRA RAM from BARMER INDIA on July 03, 2020:
Nice 100%