The green summer leaves

My heart tangled and knotted

I give up on sleep

This is how it ends

Like falling leaves fluttering

A fledgling’s first flight

Torn apart into

Tiny little pieces and

Trampled under foot

As the waves roll in

And out across the pebbles

Grinding them to sand

In the beating sun

A pulsing tattoo on drums

Slowly fades away

Stuck in this dark cave

Cowering and terrified 

My life in their hands

Am I a spare part?

Am I just an appendix?

If so, amputate

Where did summer go?

It never is truly warm

In these northern climes

The horizon glows

Pine trees loom in silhouette 

Darkness never falls

We share the same sun

We breathe the same oxygen

Let’s keep the same earth