The Day I Caught The Sun

One day I stretched out both my arms

And cupped my hands like so

And quick just like a dragonfly

I pulled the sun down low


It thrummed inside its little jail

And buzzed and murmured too

And twixt my fingertips I watched

To see what it would do


It seemed content to simply be

And I found I could not

Return it free and skyward bound

So, stuffed it in my pock't.


Immediat'ly the world bled grey

And goosebumps pricked my skin

Each breath, an icecube in my lungs

Despite the glow within


Frightened, I turned homeward. Home!

I cried out someone's name

But both my shoes made hollow noise,

Without echoes, all the same


Beauty's such a finite thing

We all feel the loss of one

There's just not enough to go around

But look...! 

              I caught the sun.  

--LFF

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