You learn about the sunshine

First you learn about the sunshine

Long, blue sky days

Beneath the boughs of trees

Leaves flickering, lambent

The sun is ever loyal

It burns in stinging strokes

How soon you are a slave

To light and dark

Then you learn about the wind

The sharp air on your face

Change comes fast

All your blossoms blown away

Hold on for dear life

For there is always 

Something to uncover

And so much to lose

You’ll learn about the rain

And the great sadness

You must feel, if you

Are to grow tall

The bright colours 

Of youth washed away

But water has a memory

The truth is in the clouds

When you’re old enough

To stay up late

You’ll see the stars

A voice says, make a wish

It’s dangerous to look up

And what you think you want

Is safely out of reach

Light years away

The silence of the moon

Beneath your flesh

How it pulls and tugs

Slowly you will lose yourself

Be ebbed away by its

Soft glow promise

There are no real choices

Suffering will bind you