Hi everybody! I hope your summer was as good as mine! I started sixth grade this week and the first two days have been really good. I hope it stays that way for the rest of the year!

I had my bassoon lesson yesterday and my teacher said I was progressing real well. He wrote a note to the band teacher saying that “beginning band” would be a step backwards for me. I have to give an audition to the teacher on Friday. I’m kinda nervous but since I’m the only one who volunteered to play the bassoon I hope that counts for something.

I’m still playing soccer and have tried my hand at painting in oil and acrylics. Just like in life, sometimes one thing comes out better than another.

I keep trying though. I wrote another poem about the summer coming to an end. I thought about the sunflowers in our garden and how sad they looked. I called it “From Beginning to End”.

I hope you like it!

From Beginning to End

The first sunflower of the year
now sheds a tear
but once it held a smile
Its time in the sun
now seems to be done
but maybe it’s in denial

It once gazed at the sky
with an unblinking eye
and stood proud against the rain.
But the birds and the bees
Came down from their trees
And now its face is in pain

It seems to look down,
and its face wears a frown
as the summer comes to end
It once stood so tall
and couldn’t possibly fall
but now it’s starting to bend.

But every once in a while
it still gives me a smile
though its seeds are mostly gone.
They’ve been snatched by the birds
without tears or words
but instead I hear a song.

It sings the circle of life
that was once filled with strife
is done from beginning to end
But as the time goes
there’s more seeds to be sowed
and summer will come once again.

Bye!