*loolaville _poetry    



The Sun and I

I rise
stumbling from my bed,
beginning my day
just as sweet sun
spreads across the pavement.

She covers foreheads
and averts eyes while I sit
quietly riding the train
into the city.

Like a puppet at a desk
money pulls my strings
all day long while she
surrounds the building
squeezing and moving in
seeking life that I don't even feel
I have to give.

Time ticks by and she retreats,
slipping between clouds
until I leave and become lost
in a sea of faces racing on sidewalks.

Just before I board my train
she finds me and nips at my neck,
saying goodbye. And through
the window pane I can feel her
steadily dropping away.

When I fall into bed and close my eyes
I'm left to speak with only the darkness.
And then I dream of the day
I will walk toward her and fold
into her tender rays,
resting and grateful for her patience.
 


   
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