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The Oracle of Sunrise
  Dawn awoke with a rosy-cheeked blush
  Embarrassed to be seen at such a time
  We stroked the face of the sky
  A single finger reaching toward the clouds
  A hangnail barely reaching the pink
  That was the blushing atmosphere
  Fingers strain for the fragile atmosphere
  Yearning to see an inspirational dawn
  That may color our cheeks with hollow pink
  And help in the passing of the time
  The hour when all that surrounds is dark clouds
  And what is concealed is the blossoming sky
  What we are missing with our fingertips is the sky
  We wish to leave a fingerprint on the fading atmosphere
  The epitome of all that we ache for is hidden by clouds
  The sky colored with bright, playful, teasing blush
  That through each credulous moment in time
  Turns into a veiled bride in pink
  It contains naivete and innocence, pink
  The color which adorns the face of the sky
  What will destroy the guardians in white is time
  And our desire to touch the fruitful atmosphere
  To lay our fingers upon the cheeks that know and blush
  We speak of this curtain we call “clouds”
  Though who is to say all that is amiss is clouds
  When all they accomplish is conceal a sweet pink?
  A childlike face coated in candy blush
  This is the beautiful face of the sky
  Our desired, knowing, aloft atmosphere
  Maybe all clouds need to escape is time
  That is all there is to all, time
  The unknown eclipse for the guardian clouds
  Those who unknowingly blockade the atmosphere
  And who pinch shut our needy eyes to the sweet pink
  To our sky, our all-knowing sky
  Whose face holds as much revelation as blush
  To us, below the atmosphere, we yearn, more than anything, for time
  The sky’s sugary blush may whisper to us, “It is them who stand before what you ache for, the clouds”
  And the pink of knowledge’s cheeks says “And it is I, the sky”

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