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Sun sears the surface of skin, previously flushed in cool, that lasted months. Its light shines on a book of folded pages left from a stale summer, dusted and ageing. Eyes will never see the words: underlined, erased, written, and sealed through the pain of every day of the staleness. They will stay absorbed in a placid world of four corners, their own words bouncing back on the walls. Egotistical filters shield those I loved away. The coolness of winter fills the spaces of the air; eventually dies, as I thaw out and remember the bitter memory of the staleness. A book I read over and over again, pages I fold and leaf like I can show them to you. And a summer I'm trying to face forward.
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Jun 8, 2019
Jun 8, 2019 at 7:45 PM UTC
Forward Facing Summer
Sun sears the surface of skin, previously flushed in cool, that lasted months. Its light shines on a book of folded pages left from a stale summer, dusted and ageing. Eyes will never see the words: underlined, erased, written, and sealed through the pain of every day of the staleness. They will stay absorbed in a placid world of four corners, their own words bouncing back on the walls. Egotistical filters shield those I loved away. The coolness of winter fills the spaces of the air; eventually dies, as I thaw out and remember the bitter memory of the staleness. A book I read over and over again, pages I fold and leaf like I can show them to you. And a summer I'm trying to face forward.
dawn66
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20/F/TX
Jun 8, 2019
Jun 8, 2019 at 7:45 PM UTC
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