WE CAN BE GIRLS TOGETHER

If Summer is promised,

I hope we can be girls together

Again - eat strawberries, play

Dance, swim, bask in the weather.

Soaking up the rays of our youth.

Maybe you'll fall in love with the guy,

We met last Friday - the party

Where I kissed your cheek,

Drunkly going to ask, are we --

But I was cut off by this boy.

Friend of a friend, foe of a foe

I couldn't fake interest till I turned -

And you - you looked so happy though.

Like you do on our beach days.

We'd splash in the cool calm water

Before coming back to our blanket -

Drinking juice boxes and, eventually a bit

Of wine, do you remember we drank it,

All before your sister realized it was stolen.

She too was a girl once, I'm sure she forgave us.

If Summer is promised,

I hope you finally see just how

I look at girls - like you.

by; Tori Sheehan