SUNDAY
Stacie Ku'ulei Taniguchi

THE WARM SUN
DARKENS MY SKIN
BLINDS MY EYES
AS I SIT
ON BLEACHED SAND

MADNESS
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REAL THING
I COME CLOSER, YOU PUSH ME AWAY

REALITY
ISN'T LIFE JUST A BLUR
HOLD ME, WANT ME
LOOKED AWAY AND SAID NO

TIRED OF IT ALL
HUMBLE, YET PETRIFIED
OF WHAT EXISTS
LISTEN, JUST LISTEN
AND YOU'LL HEAR MY BECKONED CALL

LOVE PULLED AWAY THE INNER ME
STRETCHED ME IN ALL ANGLES
NONSENSE
IT WAS MY FAULT
DIDN'T CARE ENOUGH TO SAY GOOD BYE

AS COLD AS THE NIGHT WHICH SURROUNDS ME
HOLLOW AS MY HEART WITHIN
LOOKED THROUGH, BUT CAN SEE NOTHING
I REACH HARDER BUT YOU GRADUALLY SLIP AWAY

OH LOVE WHY DID YOU CURSE ME
OR IS IT JUST MY OWN FEAR
TEACH ME TO BECOME WHAT I OUGHT TO BE
SHOW ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW


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