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,
e n d l e s s b u r n —
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,
like,
(like so many times before,)
,,
w i d e .
