Caleigh

16

Coup de Soleil

I softened like an icicle in the summer
drip, drip, drip,
I could feel my heart melting for you

Your skin was dark and ripe
from hours of baking in the heat
and in your eyes even my land-locked heart
could see the whispers of the sea,
wild and untamed

Your smile curled slow and soft
like a willow tree
and I fell to my knees at your roots
you soared and nearly scraped the cloudless sky
and I looked up at you
with my feet planted firmly on the ground

You were always warm,
radiating some cosmic light
I think that maybe you carry the sun with you
like everyone else,
it is so enamored by you
that it can’t help but follow you around

I jumped headfirst into you
like a child shattering the reflection on a lake
I couldn’t get my head above water,
and honestly,
I didn’t really try
I would have been perfectly happy to drown in you

The day got cold and dark when you left
the scratchy swaddle of my sheets
is the barest echo of your embrace
the breeze seems much colder
without your summer arms here to hold me.