Maybe it's the way her monarch hair reflected sunlight Fluttering as if it were really a butterfly Or maybe the constellation of freckles that painted her ivory skin Perhaps the larger figure Or that one tooth that didn't quite sit right
But no amount of hair dye can make my hair fly My body they call a canvas will never quite catch the sun's attention The slimmer body I hold will never be as curvy And the train tracks They aligned my crooked smile that he always loved on her
Now we never speak of the girl that was best friends with the sun We pretend she never existed to keep from fighting or crying He says he loves me now more than he ever did before And I believe him But only because the sunkissed girl ran away