One Step Closer

The days are already beginning to get a little warmer, and my heartbeat quicker.  My lifeline will soon pick up again.  Summer is one step closer.  I dream of those miserably hot days spent in the dirt and the grass and the chalk on the field.  The red stains on all my socks and the scars covering arms and legs.  The way my hair gets bleach blond from staying in the sun so long.  The golden bronze of my skin and the t-shirt tan lines.  Every day is one step closer to those days.