The Love of Sunshine: A Short Story Written in Verse

By Cassidy P

Sunshine is what we feel

When we step outside into the summer day

And we know that even the darkest days have been

Turned into light

By this precious thing

We call sunshine

While even though at nighttime

The darkness comes

The sunshine goes and our hearts

Seem to sink

But the sun is a star

And while this star might be overcome by the darkness

The millions of stars in the sky shall shine brightly

To break through the night

And comfort us till dawn

When we shall awake to the birds singing

And the birds

They sing to welcome the sunshine

Into this world we call home

Because it is home

Which is why venturing through these woods

I know that I can count on the sunshine

And the earth to keep me safe

To protect me from the dangers

That this trip might bring

And since I started this trip

I had no idea that the wind

Could be so vicious,

That the trees could shake so mockingly,

That the birds could crow so hauntingly,

Or that the ground could crumble below you

At any second

Taking you into its depths

And swallowing you up

Like you had told it to before

Because when something as traumatic as the event

That your most loved one has died

You wonder why the earth has let this happen

Why the stars have taken what you love most

But then you realize that

Even though all seems lost

The sunshine has wrapped your loved one up

In a blanket of warmth

Where comfort and happiness and love

Will keep your loved one safe

And while my eyes have now been opened

To the meaning of her being taken away,

And while I now know

That she is wrapped in the sunshine

Safe and comforted and free of danger

I had started this voyage

Cross the valleys and hills

And through the forests and ponds

With just one goal in mind

And even though I now know

That I have found the only thing I need

The determination rages

And the hope keeps building

So now no one knows where I am,

For back home, they are all looking for me,

Searching for me,

But I am searching too

And I shall continue to search

On my own

For the only thing I have ever wanted,

Needed,

Wished for,

And I might decide to just keep on going

And I might never find what I am searching for

But none of that matters to me

For when I finally seek the answers

The answers to everything I’ve been questioning

About my life

About this world

I may never be satisfied

And I may never turn around

For I have not looked back once

For the past seventeen days

And I will never tell

Not even the most trusted people I have ever met

Where I am going

Because I want to pursue my dream

Of seeking what I am after

And I have nothing to fear,

For the sunshine will protect me

And I may never return to where I once was

To the place that I started

Nor may I ever reach my destination

For I’m not sure exactly where it is

But the sunshine is my guard

And the sunshine will protect me

As the sunshine shall also protect her

And I will see her again

When the sunshine takes me away

And I float through space and time

To see her once again

For I am only a child

But being small doesn’t change a thing

For some might say the sun

Is just a star

And a light

And nothing more

But to me,

The sun is much more than that

For it is a protector

And a comforter

That brings happiness and safety

So I am confident

That this trip

No matter how long or dangerous it may be

Will not break me

Or bring me into danger or fright

Because the sunshine will blanket me

And it will one day bring me home

And though yes, I may never return,

You have not started the same trip as I have

And you are just a blank page

Which needs to be written on

And filled with a story

Just like mine

But my story has not been fully written yet

And it won’t be for a long time

And yours hasn’t been either

So may the sunshine protect you forever,

May it show to you its goodness

Because we will meet one day

In the sunshine

So let the sunshine guard you

And keep you safe

From now on

As it always has

And just promise me

That you will remember all the things

Which I have told you,

Yes, please

Just remember all of this

Not just for me

But for the love of sunshine.