Sunburnt

She sprawled out across the sky, bored,
Perfectly sun-kissed.
From a distance she could fit
In my hands.
Day, the name we hold dearest
Day, the name of the memory I placed 
her above all else.
I too, lay sprawled out, beneath her.
The intensity of how she makes me 
feel,
A region I know well, sweltered & 
swollen,
Without walls or halls to contain the
effect she has on me.
She took my hand & gave me the gift of
her presence.
My heart but a burning bush from this 
intense percussion, this rapid sensation spreading steadily, rapidly.
A giant in my eyes.
I've climbed the highest building & 
collapsed beneath her.
Black & wilted,
I am the wick without promise of 
tomorrow
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