Despair set
in with the clouds covering the sun,
The green of
the grass, the warmth of each one
Covered by
darkness enveloping all creatures,
All of
life’s form that gave earth all of its features;
All beings,
all creation were drooping in pain
From the constant
shadows, the cold, and the rain
When would
the fog lift and give some relief
To the poor,
tired, osteomalacious creatures in grief?
Cursing the
heavens and stars up above
The beings
all shouted and spited cloud-love,
“We’re
dying, we’re sick, our bones are turning to dust!
We beg to be
free of this darkness! We must!”
But the one
star in the sky responsible for
Sustaining
the life of the creatures evermore
Replied with
a muffled, cloud-covered tone,
“I am sick.
You must fetch her. I’m dying alone.”
Confusion
and chaos spread through the nation
The warming
life force had a nauseous sensation?
Through the
panic rode a mysterious dark knight
“Stop and
think,” he ordered, “We will endure this plight.
We will find
the sun’s cure, if it’s the last thing we do.
Our
children’s futures depend on us. We must pull through!”
And with
that he was off on his galloping steed
And the
beings stood still, all taking heed
The dark
knight, he rode on for days without end
Tiring his
poor horse, for the earth he would mend
One night
while he shivered in the cold on a log
It was there
that he saw her, like a spark in the fog
A
lost-looking being with scared, wide open eyes,
Long golden
hair, fluid movements clearing fog in the skies
A
yellow-white aura surrounded her whole
The knight
took in a breath as he peered through her soul
A creature
of beauty, grace, and of glow,
She captured
his heart, as his world began to slow
As she drew
nearer, he shifted his gaze
And in that
one instant he saw her sun rays
He had
stumbled upon her, this was the one!
She was the
savior of the poor sickly sun
“Come.” He
said as he gathered her up
And gave her
the sustenance from his cup
“Do you know
the sun? She’s not well, needs your light.”
The wide
eyed young maiden nodded, “Alright…”
“You must
go,” He insisted to her “and heal this ill,
All
creatures depend on you, or death will be real.”
“The
darkness has come for me,” the radiant one explained
“It took
pieces of me and my light is now drained.”
Astonished,
the knight took one look at her aura,
And then at
the trail where her light greened the flora
“Your light
is still with you, it surrounds your whole being,
Your
movement lifted the fog, and a bright light I’m seeing.”
The glow of
her aura began to burn brighter,
A smile crossed
her face as her soul elevated higher,
And higher,
up through the darkness and clouds
Up towards
the sun, she flew clearing fog shrouds
As she drew
nearer the sun, she felt her brokenness heal
And she
looked down on the land at the beings now well
With one
lightning bolt zap, the sun’s brightness revealed
And the
earth and its creatures she had forever healed
The dark
knight he smiled as he rode on through the green
The
light-being not only had cleared the shadowy scene
She had
opened his heart to light’s loving ways
Never again
would he doubt the power of the sun’s rays.
© Summer H
