Sunshine

i hope you realize what you did to me,

took a brightened canvas and wiped it clean

hurt my vision like you were made of steam,

what a rude awakening to what i thought was a dream

i don't want you taking my sunshine anymore

you broke the best parts of me,

took the blue and turned it gray

i don't think my eyes have been this dull before

the angels were singing and the bells were ringing 

as the bonfire burned so bright

but colors drain and so do i

i don't want you taking my sunshine anymore

oh god what a picture it was,

started out whole and then turned to to dust

how i wish i could throw these ashes to the floor

the way i took you in and the way you threw me out,

how i wish i had locked the door on you now

i don't want you taking my sunshine anymore

this summer i'll find another he'll take me into his sea,

and bring the blue back to me

he'll be the great sky above me,

and you'll be left far off our shores

and i won't let you take my sunshine anymore 

Author's Note

song lyrics

Reviews

[Nadia B.]

Stunning poem! The repetition, the use of lines that seem to form the frame of a canvas on the left with what seems to be a raggedy edge missing on the right, as if only half the poem was written. Might I say, that perhaps that missing half is the sky that you/person poem is about paints blue? Not with anyone, not turned grey by anyone, but merely an inner beauty that comes to light simply because you choose to be happy and smile. To show the world that a canvas can never be destroyed, even the empty ones, they simply mean that something is waiting to be explored and to explode with full life when it comes into picture frame. You show such hope, courage, and strength especially at the end of your poem, thank you so much for sharing something so personal. Please keep writing!