A Little Bit Of Sunshine

Snot-faced, disheveled, He fidgets between the church pews And pulls on his mother's skirts She stills him with a sharp word But clasps his hand in hers, as the pastor reads a verse  He can't see the eyes piercing her skin The uncertainty brimming within  But propped on her hip He knows only the soft song of her lips as worship  And heaven, the little nook in her chest where he lays his head. 

"Our deepest fear, is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us..." - Marianne Williamson    I cannot consider myself too long Confront my reflection and all its hidden crevices  Truly take it all in Before I open a portal, to a great beyond  Home to no mortal  Here, here, here!  Is my greatest fear...  Blinding, translucent In the distance, it hisses And spews promises  Belly laden with ripened fruit Air thickened with sweet perfume  It draws near, oh so magnetic  And I know, just know it's going to eat me too My first instinct, is to shrink Find myself a different skin I slip it on like armor - except  This threat, it comes from within.