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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Keep putting myself in the sun’s way
\nI want to soak up the beauty
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