Poem Sunshine Novels & Stories

It seemed like one he’d worn a lot, over and over, and the fact that he’d given it to me sent heat spreading through me anew. I sat for a moment, letting the bliss of the early evening sunshine warm me. It met the flame inside my chest, and they wove together for a while as I watched the golden light dip across the bottle-green pines. There were a few stray bunches of heather at the roadside, their purple heads shining almost pink in the sunset.

Enjoying the feel of his arms around me. It’s not long before I begin to see it. After the blackness of night, Earth's star rises on the horizon, spreading her gold in every direction. She comes in the way that natural forces do, needing no invitation yet feeling her welcome. The light is her gift, bold and free, for anyone who cares to open their eyes in the dawn and watch the world awake. The sun blooms on the horizon, golden petals stretching ever outwards into the rich blue. It’s the brilliant flower of the sky that warms our days. It’s the invitation to a new day, the sunrise so ordinary, extraordinary. Before this rising sun I may be only a silhouette, yet as its rays, golden and stron

For them, human was fated to die, be it from plagues or wars. “Oh, my sun! My powerful sun! Please show my baby the way back home!” Even though the old lady bathed in the sun until her skin cracked, the god would never hear her. Still, as she passed by, this time, Sierra put down a bottle. “Ma’am, at least drink a water-“ “No! No!” The old lady shushed her away, “The god of sun won’t like it if I drink and eat! This is the only way for him to hear my prayers!”

" She shouted. Yeah. I heard that clear. "Hey, what a beautiful day All I need is a taste (and it tastes so good) Nothing but a good time (a good time) Sippin' on sunshine Oh, don't got nowhere to go (no, we don't) So we'll go with the flow (hell yeah) Yeah, we're living the life (the life) Sippin' on sunshine All day, all night Sippin' on sunshine Yeah, a good time Everybody's just sipping on sunshine

Joseph felt the wind knocked out of him as he heard the whistle followed by the loudest sound he's ever heard in all his 16 years under the Tau Ceti sun. A whiz and BOOM. Whiz and BOOM. Explosion after explosion came pummeling down onto them. An unending barrage of terrifying heat and sound and fireball crashed all around them. Joseph covered his face as clods of disturbed earth pelted and rained down on him. His screams were drowned out by the loud thunders. It went on forever. Until it didn't. Then it stopped. He heard nothing afterwards except the constant ringing in his ear.

Apollo, the Sun God, stood on a plateau of blazing light, the heat and intensity of the sun's core muted by his divine presence. He gazed across the golden expanse, where Jolene, his radiant fiancée, played with their children. The backdrop of towering solar flares and swirling plasma clouds only highlighted her ethereal beauty. Her laughter echoed like musical chimes amid the sun's roaring energy.

I say, and they nod. The sun shines very bright in the sky and I smile, remembering Zoe's words. Find me in the flowers, the rain, the wind, the sunlight.

In this house, she lived like a high-end housekeeper. As for me, I barely left my room except to eat. I cleaned out the storage room until it was spotless. Even though it was still packed with old furniture, the sunlight there was perfect. I often dragged a chair to the window and sat there for hours, basking in the sun, like an old man waiting for the end. Sometimes Jonathan would pass by my door. When he saw me sitting in the sunlight, he would pause for a moment, but he never said anything.

“I already told you. You belong to me.” A nervous, disbelieving laugh bubbled up from my throat again. “How on earth do I ‘belong’ to you? That night… that was a mistake! A huge mistake! I was highly intoxicated. But now, with my head clear, I definitely don’t want to get involved with a man like you.” He chuckled, “You’re already involved with me, Sunshine. Any woman I have my tongue down there, on her pussy, belongs to me.” The words were raw and explicit, something I had never heard someone speak of so casually, it made my skin prickle. My face flushed and I instantly looked away. How could he speak like that? How could he be so… crude?

I didn’t bother with an umbrella; it was a bit hot, but I felt lighter than I had in years. Even the darkest places eventually see the light.