Sunlight

Photo by Matti Johnson on Unsplash.

Photons collide,
a blaze inside.
Closer,
closer—
a tingling light.
I’m awake.
Yeah, I’m okay.
Nowhere left to hide.

There’s a reflection in my eye,
a light that might just slip away.

So what does it feel like
to fall in love with something in your mind?
What does it feel like
to suspend time, to rise, to fly,
to move beyond the ache?
Sunlight.

Photons collide,
a blaze inside.
Closer,
closer—
a tingling light.
I’m awake.
Yeah, I’m okay.
Nowhere left to hide.

But the voices—
the voices, the voices, the voices—
they come at night.
I’m alright.

So what does it feel like?
What does it feel like
to erase everything you had,
to fall in love?
What does it feel like?

Photons collide,
a blaze inside.
Closer,
closer—
a tingling light.
I’m awake.
Yeah, I’m okay.
Nowhere left to hide.

But the voices—
they come at night.
I’m alright.

What does it feel like
to chase a hidden glow inside?
What does it feel like
to rise, to fly, to reach the light,
and find no easy way?
Sunlight. It’s sunlight.

I’m in love with something,
a reflection in my eye.
I’m about to leave it all behind.
What does it feel like—to die?