I can I know

figuring it out, one step at a time

The Shape of Sunshine

(if you can’t see it, squint)

Yellow circles of sunshine 
in ever expanding 
spheres of radiating light.

Pulsing, pulsing, widening,
casting shadows of brightness, illuminations of dark.

Covering everything I can see in intense splashes 
of energy that fade and dissipate
when I look directly at them but 
bounce back immediately the second I look away.

So I look away.

Impermanence.

The ticking of the clock 
as the days turn to night and 
the nights turn to day.

Summer and winter cease to exist as time runs together, 
edges touching, moving away, 
creating more space, never quite ending, 
always beginning. 

Can I ever see all points of a circle at once? Probably not. 
I don’t try. It’s better this way.

At any given time, the sun is shining somewhere. 
Soft yellow circles in ever expanding spheres.

8/4/25

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4 responses to “The Shape of Sunshine”

  1. Essteekay Avatar
    Essteekay

    Wonder poem! Was nice seeing the notification of a new blog post 😊

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      S

      Thanks! Let’s hope more nice things continue to happen 😊

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    klm445

    Your poems are so beautiful!!!

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      S

      Thank you so much 🙏🏻

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