June 21, 1878 - Eve is 17 - The 1st Day of Summer

by Mari Robeson


Dear Diary,

This shall be the summer I am remembered.
I have arranged my hair just so.
If I stand still, I could be a painting.

They watched me this morning.
Jane said nothing, of course. She never does.

Her beauty is the kind that fades with sunlight.
Mine was made to last.

Eve