Sunburnt in SoCal

Ra

I hate winter so much

that

I numbered her days

This, you shall not pass

For it is sun

Shining in my skin

A scorching summer’s day, my skin craves

My melanin languishes

Faded by winter’s cloudy days

My body aches for the sacrifice

of salt and water,

gathered at the temple

we gather here today

to burn

to worship

to live