Lemonade Sky

Sun dips low behind the palms

paints the clouds in honey calm

bare feet on the wooden rail

salt air tangled in my hair

Time slows down

just for us

in this golden hush

Lemonade sky

pouring gold across my eyes

every wave that rolls on by

carries your name

Lemonade sky

sweet and fading out of time

I’m still here

you’re still gone

in this light

Empty chair beside me sways

from a breeze that used to stay

your cup’s still on the table edge

half-finished like our last exchange

Words unsaid

hang like mist

in the amber twist

Lemonade sky

pouring gold across my eyes

every wave that rolls on by

whispers your name

Lemonade sky

sweet and slipping out of reach

I let go

but hold tight

to this heat

Maybe tomorrow I won’t look

for your shadow in the tide

maybe then the gulls won’t sound

like goodbye

Lemonade sky

still glowing through my lies

I say I’m fine

but the sea knows

I’m not alright

Lemonade sky

you melt into the night

leaving me

with sugar stains

and fading light