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A Light Cancer

by mk-5

We miss something we can never replace We long for the sound of waves crashing on the shore but you're faced with the reality of piercing lights and soul sucking smoke You long for the sweet smell of salt and the golden blonde sand, but you wake up to a lonely room 6 metres by 9  You miss the kiss of the sun, you miss how in a second its touch turns into a firey passion, untamable and beautiful for that reason stand But then you remember its why you stay inside.  You remember that summer has gone. You remember a summer that can't be relived and refelt I lay in bed and through the window I hear silence No sound No life No sense of being or belonging The wind no longer gushes from this far high But its safe, and I remind myself the warm beat I miss is but a cancer of kin, drowning the light in my soul and resulting in my ever dim
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Jan 6, 2014
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