I threw out my shadows
wore a dress made out of
sunlight, startling the clouds into
hiding;
they wept as they went
once I became the light,
luminescence reborn,
I walked all the way to the shore,
glowing footprints igniting the sand
the waters had been waiting for me –
waves shaking in anticipation,
salt catching the tangles of my hair; a
soft breeze kissing secrets onto my skin
I reached the shallow end and I knelt,
melted the dress until the
water
was burning at the touch,
light leaking from my fingertips
once the pain stopped, I was washed
ashore; a lone ship, passing through the
night, provided only few witnesses
to the dying of the light.
