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i look up in the daytime and my face scrunches up

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i look up in the daytime and my face scrunches up. the sun's rays are too much,
i can't stand it.
still i soak in the daylight,
a way of reminding myself that i'm alive.
i stay careful not to look at the sun directly,
but i take comfort in knowing he's there-
keeping me warm, making me happy.

pink flamingos litter your driveway.
sprinklers watering fake grass.
you tell me that you love me,
so i guess i like you back.

when i'm not staring at my ceiling, i look out my window and gaze at the nightime sky.
they say that you could see the stars once, the crescent moon too, but now i guess the air's far too polluted and my vision's not what it used to be because now all i see is an inky blue that envelopes everything and
while everyone sleeps, i listen to
life outside of my vicinity.

cars driving past, not knowing the relevance
of this town to me, not caring.
i laugh at the way i've broken my own heart here more times than i can count,
and i think about how lonely it is
to have the whole sky remind me of you.

i thought you were cool once. was i stupid? i'm sorry i romanticise everything you do.

i was blinded by your golden aura.
now you've gone and washed off
all your yellow paint
and i see now that you're nothing
if not fake.

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