last day of summer

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Last Day of Summer

My life feels like the last day of summer,

when the sun is slipping away

and winter comes early,

cold at the door,

while I'm left outside

with no way back in.

I was thirteen,

and the world had already decided

I should learn love and life

from concrete streets

instead of warm hands.

Nobody wanted me,

so the night became my guardian

and hunger became my teacher.

I left pieces of my heart

in alleyways,

in doorways,

in every place I slept

just long enough

to call it home.

Now there's only a small piece left—

just enough to keep me breathing,

just enough to survive.

I fought for every bite of food,

every hour of sleep,

every chance to wash the dirt

from a child

who should have been safe.

I was just a kid

trying to stay alive

in a world that looked away.

And I still wonder—

where were the people who made me?

Why did they let winter come so soon?

Why did they leave me alone

with only the voices in my head

to warn me of danger?

Those voices kept me safe once,

whispering who to run from,

who meant harm.

But now they turn on me,

sharp as broken glass,

telling me I'm the one

I should fear.

And I'm trying—

trying to hold on,

trying to speak my truth,

trying to stay here

even when it hurts.

Because somewhere beneath

the cold,

the hunger,

the years,

there is still that thirteen-year-old boy

standing in the fading sunlight,

waiting for summer

to come back.