PRAYING YOUR WILL?

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There you go again,
Praying for your
Creature comforts.
Brain’s drying up,
I see,
Though summer’s
Not been around

That long.
Seasons have
Their uses,
Did you know.
Summer is so that
Flowers can grow
And bees can sip

Their honey
While they wait
To fruit. Good
For your stomach,
Not just sight.
Don’t pray summer
Away on the

Excuse of water
For the dams.
Those haven’t
Dried up yet.
It’s your mind
You must watch
Out for,

That it doesn’t get
Too selfish.

Mila D. Aguilar

Poet Mila D. Aguilar doesn’t have a green thumb, but loves beauty and nature. Since she learned to write for school at the age of six, she has always known only one thing: writing.

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