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18
18 years old and never watched a sunrise
Never seen a ball of fire inching its way into the sky
Blush red skin on full display, slowly revealing itself like a trembling virgin
Round, red sun draped in clouds
It was almost too beautiful to move
Almost too beautiful to breathe
Round, red sun reflecting off the water making it hard for me to see the horizon
Almost like when I get too close to you, I can not see too far into the future
I can only see you and the light that surrounds you and the light I believed was within you
Burning so bright that I dimmed just so that I could take more of you in.
18 years old and never looked into someone's eyes this long before
Never held someone's attention this long
Never felt the heat of someone else's touch
18 years of going to the beach, watching the waves, the water, the sun
And yet at 5:54 that morning it felt as if those waves crashed again a little differently than all the other times before
And I was convinced it was because I was with you.
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