Summer Winter

i hate summer

the stifling heat

i have to wear

short sleeves

and expose myself

to the world.

when it’s hot

i wish for winter

and I wish for

cold.

but winter isn’t any better

winter is bitter and angry

all the time,

too much like me

for comfort.

summer and winter

two extremes

polar opposites

and i live in them

stuck in a snow globe

of hot and cold

burning and freezing

smoking and exhaling frost

i switch between my burning hate

my smoldering anger

and my frozen sadness,

my cold numb heart.

winter and summer

opposites

but they say opposites attract

and that might be true

because i have summer and winter

inside me.