THE SUN’s CURSE
A single ray
It penetrates
Pierces
Enflames
Burns
It seeks out
That sweet spot
Where one touch
One kiss
Will send raptures
Through the skin
Consuming everything
That crosses its path
A light of
Eternal contradictions
It is forever present
But never reveals
Its face
It is forever searching
Yet it refuses
To be held
It is always fiery
Yet never warm
It gives life from afar
And kills from up close
Seek it out
And you will perish
I know
For you are like the ray
Your eyes
Scan the horizon
For a target—
A truth
It seeks to own
They pierce
And penetrate
Never stopping
Until flesh is exposed
Until one stands naked
Vulnerable
Bare
Until the fiery rapture
Of singular passion
Consumes everything
In its reach
Reducing everything
To ashes
To nothingness
Nobody ever understood you
And yet they all loved you
They all wanted to be found—
All wanted to be consumed
Even if it meant
Surrendering
To everything that you were—
Everything they did not know
Your eyes were forever present
Yet nobody caught a glimpse
Of your soul
Your face remained unknown
You were forever searching
Yet you were eternally impenetrable
Each glance
Each touch
Each kiss
Bore a hole
Through the heart
And left nothing
But emptiness
And pain
And where are you now?
High up
In the distant heavens
Where all you could do
Is watch from afar
And nurse your silent cries
For nobody will hear you
Nobody will touch you
Nobody will love you
Not anymore
~ Niña Terol
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