Oh the Sun

Trailing through the sun-kissed sand High above your head Your fingers stretch to touch the sky That weaves its clouded thread And through the net your smile escapes As bare feet, through corn, tread. The air is sweet with tangy smoke A playful breeze surrounds And gentle singing notes engulf The light that swirls and bounds And collapse in bliss to kiss your eyes Through silent words profound Draw slowly in the fragrant air Your lungs consume their fill And let it go to flit away Your heavy chest is still But restless eyes make known their thoughts They dance against your will Then lift the lids to sunny haze, But gaze at stars above Grasp quick, confused to feel the earth Now cold beneath your touch And struggle up, remember you: The long and lonely love But wipe the pearl drops from your cheeks, The dark would seem too much