please dip me in gold, dress my cheeks in rosé twirl your words ‘round the curls of a phone cord let them sink and bloom roses in my chest paint my skin crimson red with I adore. spell my colours on cotton candy clouds, make the wind shiver with their aftertaste. wander into darkness in silent towns and see what I find in stars who keep pace. pull me by the hand to the edge of you let me read from your old bruised paperbacks. show me where your heart is, swimming in blues color me with the sea where the world ends or, just call me at dawn ‘cause you can’t sleep and whisper I miss you as the sky bleeds
Cagla Sokullu Cornell University, ’20
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