incessant rays beat down on your back
eager to scorch the earth you walk on,
so you fear what might detonate beneath you

a growing flame consumes the air
and you tremble at my heavy sighs,
desperate to avoid my ire

unflinching light targets your shadows
so they shrink, ashamed,
and take you along with it

since you insist on trapping me
under the weight of your world
let me remind you

i have always been the sun
unbearable to hold close
impossible to live without