Sunday, 13 November 2011

The Sunlit Child


You used to eat frozen cherries and I'd admire the way the juice stained your lips and fingertips. My house is too loud, the floors crack under the weight of too many feet coming and going, their voices seeping through the carpet, cigarette smoke and fake smiles.
I'd give anything to watch you eat those cherries again, mainly because then I could be back in that eternal summer of youth.

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