<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397409" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A lighter shade of pale</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">She don’t like sunshine<br>burning on her skin<br>and wear sunglasses<br>to hide from the glare, <br>as if she’s lost in <br>her own world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She don’t like red wine<br>and likes something sweeter<br>sparkling like champagne<br>to glide down her lips<br>and her teeth glitter white<br>when she smiles.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I met her on a Sunday<br>and before Friday<br>I was lost in love with her<br>and caught a glimpse of her heart<br>reflecting her soul<br>in golden eyes sparkling<br>in a face<br>a lighter shade of pale.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She loves looking at her garden<br>where purple blue morning glories<br>creep towering into the sky<br>and watch birds fly<br>from branch to branch<br>in the big pepper tree.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like a child finding a rare coin<br>and clutching it in wonder<br>to his breast<br>I was blessed <br>but suddenly it’s gone, <br>I have lost her<br>and do not know how<br>to find her again<br>while life rages on<br>and her face is<br>fainting away like a dream<br>in a lighter shade of pale.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397409" data-title="A lighter shade of pale de Gert Strydom" data-description="She don’t like sunshine burning on her skin and wear sunglasses to hide from the glare, as if she’s lost in her own world. She don’t like red wine and likes something sweeter sparkling like champagne to glide down her lips and her teeth g..."></div> </div> </div>

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