
Pixelized Sunlit
The pavement bakes in faded blue The sky renders a brighter view She leans against the heated chrome A long way from the neon home Cream-colored brim against the blaze The daylight softens at the edges They watch the colors bloom and stream A retro snapshot, half a dream Ripped denim lines and sun-bleached thread She follows where the shadows spread Holding cool before it fades While asphalt bends beneath the haze The glasses catch a golden stray To turn the heavier world away They see the postcard in plain sight But miss the static in the light Melting slow in vintage light A summer shield before the night They trace the red, they trace the blue And call the picture perfect true She wears the sun like borrowed skin To hide the signal down below Above the streets beneath the glow Before the cooler colours show The turquoise truck, the cursive sign A neatly rendered scripted line They think she's living in the glow Of radio songs from long ago But every thread and faded band Draws softer borders in the sand A quiet pocket in the heat Where yesterday and now both meet The glasses catch a golden stray To turn the heavier world away They see the postcard in plain sight But miss the static in the light Melting slow in vintage light A summer shield before the night They trace the red, they trace the blue And call the picture perfect true She wears the sun like borrowed skin To hide the signal down below Above the streets beneath the glow Before the cooler colours show If everything grows soft in heat Like tire tracks along the street Let them believe the postcard view A flawless, sunlit avenue Beneath the cap, behind the lens She watches where the daylight bends A moment caught, a breath held still Before the evening finds the hill Melting slow in vintage light A summer shield before the night They trace the red, they trace the blue And call the picture perfect true She keeps the smile they came to frame And leaves before they learn her name Above the streets beneath the glow Before the cooler colours show The heatwave lingers on the glass A silhouette they cannot pass The signal fades beyond the blue... The camera keeps the summer view.

