Stress Relief (Sun or Water)

Tense & fraught with grief, relief is needed.
Chosen sun & crispy skin, happiness seeded.

Blinding warmth intent on baking me proper.
A melanin bonanza, a pastel tones slaughter.

Bathe in the beast, golden but not well.
Afterall, heat and flames are indigenous to hell.

The choice of sun witless & naive.
Water likely offered a cleansing reprieve.

Rain purifies the abstract & the flesh.
Tides nurture tissue & offer a psychic refresh.

The choice was clear had I not been so vain.
Conformity unwise, I should have sided with the rain.