A shadow engulfs
My heart
When i remember
The sunshine
My lover was
And like a little girl
Off i went
Running in the park
Mother said,
Come back, before it gets dark.
But I was gone too far.
I was helpless.
For one doesn’t
Escape the sunlight.
One can only surrender
And so I did,
I ceded.
Threw in the towel,
And lay down on it.
Soaking in the golden sun
With every inch of me
Drowsed by the fondness
Of the tempest heart,
Raging to be devoured.
I don’t know
how long
I lay there
I wish it were a lifetime
Because when I woke up
It was dark, and
Winter had arrived
And now,
the night doesn’t end.
Shivi Writes 