A Little Bit Of Sunshine

"I went to heaven last night, and I'm not sure what the fuss is about...  I bit into a culinary delight  And found myself in the clouds." All my life I've been hungry Filled with empty ; drowning in thirsty I've been learning how to eat The crisp morning air The spicy autumn breeze The sweet scent of honey at sunset  Soaking my feet in sour cream Licking the day clean.  I'm unused to being full, stretched beyond my limits Indulging in more than my age permits  When life give you lemons,  Well, take a sip... 

  I wish life was as simple and complicated as 18 Sweet little thing, unsteady on my feet.  A mouthful of baby teeth  I couldn't fix to speak.  Warm bag of bones, lulled to sleep.  Tossed around like an infant,  I wore wisdom and philosophy like a safety blanket.  Took myself way too seriously.  When in reality, my daily conflicts were whether I should wear a crop top or a tee.  Or how to get that boy to notice me.  I don't invalidate that girl, it was a difficult time Plagued by the question, who am I?  I never ever imagined that having all the answers would leave me unsatisfied I hold no such notions now.  Maybe I've outgrown poetry  and the endless quest for more I miss the shock of pain,  the violent ripping of the floor  from under me.  I have grown too familiar with misery.  Once, everything was sharp and raw But I've been there, seen it all before

My hands can coax  a hummingbird out of a page But fail to trace the elegant lines  of your face You are an artwork that defies paint The fresh dewdrops  that sit upon the flower tops  The gentle scattering of seed across the corn field The edge of the aged forest  teeming with new, crisp life You don't so much take my breath away As I yield it willingly, in a basket,  intricately woven, at your feet.