After Light
Through cigarette paper skin
such a thin, translucent sleeve;
the light of your life beams out.
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Your eye: a spotlight on mum and dad
as they sing to the beat of
your pulsing heart-rhythm.
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You illuminate this space
like no cut diamond could:
a light on this world.
Copyright © Sean Smith | Year Posted 2012
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