Sunshine Would Sound Like This

Sunshine comes crashing, smashing through my window. 

Rays pounding my heart

Through windows open or closed

Or when there are no windows at all

You still keep shining away. 

Your voice like sunshine, shining away, reminding me

Always

Of who I can be and what I could become. 

Even when I don’t wanna hear it,

There you are. 

Your voice crashes through my eardrums

And shines into my mind. 

No foster grants can keep it out completely.

Not even the stuff that the space shuttle was made from

Can block out the sun. 

Even when it’s nighttime,

There you sit, shining away,

Reminding me that I matter. 

I can never again forget

Or pretend that I don’t know.

You make me admit

Who I can be and what I am capable of. 

In your warmth, people sprout, blossom and bloom,

Branches growing longer, stronger,

Leaves unfurling, uncurling, to catch your rays. 

You shine on every instance

Every step

Every getting out of bed

Every morning. 

You transform every action into an occasion for rejoicing. 

Shining away

On every mistake,

Soothing every bruise, tending every wound. 

Your voice, like sunshine, always says

“You can do it”. 

Your voice, like sunshine, never says

“I told you so”. 

Inside every seed,

There is a tree, nestling, sleeping, tucked away,

Waiting to stand tall and proud,

Waiting for the sun. 

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