I don't want
To come out
Of the sunshine
Of my concentration
Because
It is dark out there
And damp
And I am vulnerable
To dark
And damp
And lonely.
Awareness without focus
Is a wet map
On the face,
Blinding the eyes
And smearing
Identity.
"Stand out of my sunshine!"
Be content
To be my sunshine's shadow
If you must be -
Near to here
Where I am.
Else become
Worthy as abject
Of my concentration
And thus new component
Of my sunshine.
Under Amber Skies, written by author and poet Jill Eisnaugle, is a wonderful collection of rhyming poetry guaranteed to please every reader. In this, her second book, she writes of new friendships kindled, as well as old friendships solidified. She g
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