26: the bay

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i remember the way you used to smile

when we walk the white sands of the bay

your emerald eyes coaxing me to smile

but now it's all washed away


your brown skin shining against the sun

the pink hat that you love to wear so much

its all burned in the back of my brain

it stings like the wounds that I have touched


above the waters, you dance to the shore

i saw you and my heart leapt in disarray

sleeping peacefully with no such snore

i will never go back to that old bay.

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