Keep putting myself in the sun’s way
I want to soak up the beauty
feel that something of that power,
the heat, the energy
is mine to play with
but it doesn’t take long at all
only half an hour of sitting
for the sun to teach me a lesson.
She turns me pink and crispy,
sends me away stinging
I cannot hold so much power without pain
cannot soak up all that light
without also welcoming the dark spots, marks forever on the skin
a story of the energy I wanted
and a bright red limit, quickly reached