Eclipsed

he is brilliant, scintillating

riding a massive chariot

trounces darkness all around

 

so they say

 

i bask in his cozy warmth

thrive in his coruscating radiance

he’s the protective shield around me

 

so they say

 

I am elated when he smiles

I pale when he broods

he’s what lights up my very being

 

so they believe

 

but aah! only i know the truth

and so i tell them –

the naysayers

 

listen carefully, as i speak

 

besieged i may be by his shadows

with his moods I may wax and wane

but eclipsed forever I am not

 

and proudly i declare

 

I will trounce the shadows

I will bounce back

I will light up my own world

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Photo By: Mark Tegethoff