It’s the hottest today,

Of what it has been all year,

And I’m going to soak up the sun.

 

Imagining the sun is you,

of course.

 

I want to lay in the heat

And let every beam of you

Kiss my skin.

 

I have to absorb every inch—

Past the skin, through the bone, and into the blood.

 

I need to feel the rays

Ignite every part of me,

 

Skin glowing, heart pounding

Sweat dripping, hot to the touch

Never burnt, always perfectly golden.

 

I’ll lay here,

Roasting in the heat,

Giggling at the tanline on my cheek

In the shape of your smile.