CLOSE YOUR EYES

CLOSE YOUR EYES

Close your eyes to the sun
I say to myself
And while I turn my head away,
I smile to the soothing sound
of waves running around the wheels
of my chair

Close your eyes to the sun
Because  sunbeams
are frolicking and teasing around
Twinkling little sounds
of colours talking nonsense in my ears
And on my hands

Close your eyes to the sun
but don't shut the light out
Closed eyes hurt, they see too much
in the dark
They need the warming sweet smiling
sound of daylight

And when you handle my chair
And playfully whisper
"Home, baby, light of my life?"
I grin with closed eyes and say
"Take me back to our home, you,
brighter than bright!"

Meme by Mel
Poem by Darren White, 2016