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I like...

I like the gray in the sky when I’m in the yard, so quiet and calm as an empty shrine, there´s my mind on standby.

I like the rain on winter days, make me stay in bed, soft and warm as your palm that I grab when you walk the aisle.

I like the haze on cold days that cover the hope in my face, sad and tired on the holy ground, with a scarlet sky.

I like to cross smiles and hi’s in the sunrise, but when are you going to see me as part of your tribe? til the sky turns in a god’s war?

I like the way you say things, accurate and safe as this cage that I built to protect myself, as strong and brave as your hands, would you like to take me to the end?

I like to see your face, so smooth that could be a display in the rooms of the Louvre, untouchable, unattainable as stars in the light’s town.

I like your eyes, so bright that make me touch the clouds, you just smile, and my world falls apart, I used to like green, but now I’m so into blue marine.

I like how you walk, so confident, so unique, so you, that turns the air in a sparkling breeze, now I can´t get over you, what if I run with you?

I like your hair, golden strings groomed by Odin, you touch this masterpiece and cure the stitch, I need that medicine that your lips bring.

I like the color of your shirts: blue, black, and green and some stripes with a touch of ruby, do you mind if I paint your days with a touch of gray?

I like to see you on the modern page, where the people like how you show yourself, I just watch and wait.

I can´t keep this to myself, that’s why I’m writing this kind of raving, hoping you would know my name, and like me as well.

I’m so intense, but I like every part of you, what can I say? I like how we met, but I regret how this ended.

Just my veins know how I miss this mess, I should´ve tried to not like your smell, but lavender is always on my bed, you´re an everlasting essence that I will like til the day I die.

🌷(3)

◄ Dark age

The 80s feeling ►

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