swallowed sunshine

moonrays float down

like glitter

and cover my sheets

everything softly sparkles

glowing perfectly.

its almost as if

i could close my eyes

and with a slight

smile

and tilt

of the head

drift up

on moon’s shafts 

further and further from the world

insincerity slipping

from my arms

the wrinkle vanishing

from my brow

the weight lifting

from my eyes

a tight bound cloth has been

wrapped around my arms

but i have been released 

to the sea and the stars

the sky and the land

the waves in the ocean 

and the ripples in the clouds

swallowed sunshine

the last days of summer.

my empty cup filled

my empty eyes lighted

my hollow heart

now ablaze.

and it doesn’t

burn me.