Sunset Burns

Once in awhile

I'll walk the street-

dream of dancing memories.

Watch the crimson red sky burn to dark

and stars.

I'll think of who I am and where I've been,

sweet lavender and bitter asphalt grays

And then I see the sunset burns,

where my life has flickered and burned,

across my skin there are flecks--

of red.

Then the indigo drops come and fall,

sliding down in silver waterfalls

down the sunset burns-the burns

that now color my skin, reflect in my eyes

the flame within

And I see the broken yellow lines on this asphalt life

fade into an amber sky, with flaming red and gold eyes

I walk this road of dust and sigh

the girl with the sunset burns---

of life.

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