04-11-2015, 07:56 AM
The Gift
I took a single beam of sunlight
and put it in a jar
and held it to her broken eyes
as I tilted her head toward the sun
so she should see the warmth she gives me.
Her eyes are no better
at making tears than seeing
so she cries with the gentle hiccup
of her shoulders as she tells me that the sun
is gone forever. She let it loose
when she opened the jar
to find what sunshine
smelled like.
I took a single beam of sunlight
and put it in a jar
and held it to her broken eyes
as I tilted her head toward the sun
so she should see the warmth she gives me.
Her eyes are no better
at making tears than seeing
so she cries with the gentle hiccup
of her shoulders as she tells me that the sun
is gone forever. She let it loose
when she opened the jar
to find what sunshine
smelled like.