Thursday Mar 30 2023
4:05PM
This big ball of light
Of heat
Shining down upon earth
A big fiery sphere of burning life
I turn away
With hesitation
For the brightness is unbearable
Not because it is hard to see
But because it feels like a microscope inside of me
Revealing everything I wish to keep unseen
How can I get away
Cowering under naked trees
The day has made me nocturnal
Except no matter how secluded I become
Regardless of how far underground I go
A ray of light always gets through and grabs a hold
Like a knife slicing through the air
A laser point of light magnifying every single hair
Burning my skin ever so slowly
What choice do I have anymore
I open up the blinds
Reluctantly
Let there be light I whisper in the crevices of my heart
In my dusty dishevelled room you’ll find me crawled away in fright
To find that the ball of light does not shine from above
I have been cowering in the darkness
Wondering why it still is light
Not knowing that it has been in my own palms all along
Carrying around this little ball of life.
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