And the snowflakes fall to the ground... In the bright sun we carried on Watching the world open up around us The trees yawned and stretched And shook themselves awake A breeze lifted a butterfly to your hand Its delicate beauty against yours And I kissed your lips Light and soft, like a dream The sun grew fat and we grew together Lying under the starry nights As tiny fireworks went off around us I felt your skin Sleek and trembling Stretching, expanding, swallowing me whole Warm against the cool cool grass Listening to our song The days got hotter and your skin was like fire Burning me when we touched I felt inside you, the beating of your heart Whispering promises of love In those heat-filled nights Your hands were achingly cold Wiping the sweat off me, sipping it from me With your butterfly lips The moon grew bolder And she gave us the nights Blessing a love so long forbidden Those nights were ours Those long long nights covered in you Your sweet scent all over me But our days- Our precious days- Were stolen from us as the world grew tired Nights together became nights alone As you returned to your life And left me here. Now I sit here, alone, in the snow- Snow so white, like your velvet skin- And dream of those days But each second of the past is blurred Captured by a crystal drop And my memory grows dim And my heart's pain lessens And my body forgets what it aches for And the snowflakes fall to the ground.
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