Sun-Bleached
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7-5-10
9 stanzas
you're sun-bleached
with your soft lips worn dry
with those eyes: as blue as ever
not a day has gone by
that i haven't thought of you
though it's all been unrequited
you look even more like it
like the ocean that i held dear
you're still the teal waves on the shore
suddenly so weak and fragile
your quick look turned me to glass
our eyes met again, how perfect
you're enveloped in white
like a perfect dream come alive
even the sun couldn't outshine you
so play out a little further, Time
keep unravelling our sad story
let the cease-fire finally begin
you numbed me again
somehow the wounds froze over
for a moment, the pain melted away
oh how i praise my patience
thank you for such beautiful luck
stars smile above the future's field
you're sun-bleached
with skin like warm, safe beaches
with this new feeling: so run with it