three steps from sunlight,
near the end of shadow,
you pause,
fearful.
it’s been!
it’s been
a
long time since you were
touched
touched by golden droplets of raging sunlight,
gentle tyranny,
soft domination,
endless burn —
you take the next step
you take it and you
take it and it
touches you and
it touches you and it
touches you and
you smile
, like,
wide
