Vitiligo*
Mighty sol’s ubiquitous in regions that are tropical,
but when it comes to sunlight, I have news that is more topical.
I’m evidence empirical that all folks aren’t created
to lie out in the sun’s rays until their lust is sated
for skin transposed to honey brown from a whitish hue.
For folks like me, such practices simply will not do.
Unlike my lucky college chums, my best friends and my sister,
when I’m exposed to sunlight, I am more prone to blister.
I see them put their swimsuits on and take turns rubbing oil on,
anxious to go greet the sun to get their bake and boil on,
but once they’re spread out on their towels with all adjustments made,
I’ll be covered up instead, sitting in the shade.
Prompt words today are empirical, topical, ubiquitous, mighty, cover and sol, Image by Hanan Boubahri on Unsplash.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Too true, people with vitiligo need protection from sun.
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I thought the prompt makers did away with weird prompts. I hope this is fiction, Judy. We in Odessa believe in health benefits of fresh air, sun, and sea water.
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I have had vitiligo since I was 11 and do need to stay out of the sun. I’ve done it for my whole life and so the pigment I still have left does not get really brown so it is not as noticeable as on those with dark skin. That said, I’ve lost the pigment in most of my skin–I’d say 99 percent of it.
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I’ve seen people like that and always found it fascinating. Never knew the name of it, though.
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