Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

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Summer

Bees are sunflowers’ summer.
Waves are oceans’ summer.
Daisies are gardens’ summer.

I lay down on the sand.
It is so warm.
Touching my face,
“You are my summer.”

Grace Zhuang
Grace Zhuang, 6
Vienna, VA