Thursday, June 6, 2013

Burned

Burning my eyes
The light pours
Out of him
He reddens my skin.

A giver of life
A taker of dark
Shining for all
Setting at night.

To be missed
To be longed
To be gone
Until dawn.

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6 comments:

  1. Let the sun radiate out, but don't get burned. Poignant piece.

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  2. Nice, Betsy. Too much rain here lately, so no one is getting red...just doing the longing.

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  3. Oh, nice. I didn't 'see' who 'he' was at first. We've had much sun this week, wishing for some of the rain that Donna has.

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  4. I like
    "a giver of life
    a taker of dark"

    We do long for that sun when he's not around, don't we? Nice poem!

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  5. Oh, that Sun. Our relationship with him is a tricky one, eh?

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  6. Enjoyed the "riddle-y" nature of your poem, Betsy -- it feels as though there are fewer poems addressing our relationship with the sun as if "he" were a person than there are moon/woman poems.

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