When The Sun Said No

The first chirp of the robin near my shut window pleaded The blackbird, song thrush, chiffchaff, and pheasant pleaded as well. The sunflowers, cornflowers, and marigolds that needed Prayed for his help; he was as silent as a silent spell. Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and weak invertebrates Hares, squirrels, owls, puffins, swans, geese, and willow ptarmigan Lions, leopards, tigers, elephants, and monkeys with rude traits Prayed; the cosmos seemed as though curled. The sun's silence went on. As playgrounds were snow-covered, in gloomy moods, children prayed. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and cousins called. He said: When I was shining, your minds seemed seismically swayed. Can't you, when I am cool, with your inner warmth, march ahead? Winter's whimsies play vehement games on the sun, so sure Which element of nature, without him, can their wounds cure?