why i like summer

i have always liked summer

maybe from past few years, even more. 

i love the summer sunsets, 

the sound of cicadas in the evening coming from the bushes, 

the funny incidents father used to tell while passing time on the porch hoping for a gentle wind to touch our faces. 

admiring the ethereal view of the fireflies twinkling amidst the pitch black site, 

as if the sky full of stars has been pulled down to the earth tonight. 

sitting on a bamboo cane stool, far from academics, studying the stars

renaming the constellations with funny names and then laughing about it for hours. 

the astronomy talk among the cousins was something i always looked forward to. 

from past few years i haven't experienced these things, 

and  i realize that all these are slowly turning into happy memories. 

and maybe because of that, 

i have always liked summer

from past few years, even more.