Die Sonne (The Sun)

by Lisa Milligan

Sunday 11th April 2010 11:50 pm

 

We see the sun shine every morning

she brings light and hope and happiness

and love to the world

she nurtures and warms us

and makes this world a cheerful place

 

But then the night descends

and we don’t see what happens to the sun

does she get extinguished by a malevolent entity

that robs her of everything she is

is she slowly covered over

to be hidden away and held captive by

a controlling force

until morning comes

and she can arise again

finding the solar powered strength

to shower us all in her warmth and glory

 

Is she cloaked in darkness

jealously hidden

hoping no one else can see her beauty

is she slowly drained

of her life sustaining heat

so as not to be shared with the rest of us

by a spiteful being 

 

Or when morning comes

does she shine a little brighter

because she has been promised

she can follow a path across the sky

of tattered dreams

dreams that will protect beloved ones

a path of promises made so long ago

then broken

that are also hidden in the dark

so that the sun knows not

what is a dream

and what is reality

 

We don’t know

and maybe we never will

all we are sure of

is that we get to wake upon each morning

to her resilient glow

and laugh and play in the sunshine

of her brilliant smile

 

and those of us that love her

will never take her for granted