Rain from the Sun

Bright sunlight,

Streams of brightness

Shafts, arrows of gold

Raining down

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A sea of light

At the eve of the sun

Below the earth,

At the edge of the waterfall.

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A dream.

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Looking up, I drink it in

The warmth, the comfort—

It has been a long, cold night.

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And finally, the moment has come

That moment when it falls

When it can reach into my world,

This world of darkness—

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The light of the sun.

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The sun is the source of life

A blinding, burning beacon

That flames with power

With an unspeakable beauty

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Here in the cave

In this inky depth,

Where darkness reigns,

The chance is so narrow

The chance for sunlight

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I must take that chance!

That one minute,

When the sunlight slants perfect

When my world is suddenly a sea of light

When the rain from the sun falls,

Falls on the cavern floor

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For that one minute,

I can see all the beauty.

The rivers of light that I want,

That I need to watch,

To admire

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Then, it leaves.

The sunlight fades.

Dipping below the world's edge

And my world is in blackness again.

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Cold, deep, blackness.

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It's so dark, almost unbearable.

So frigid, here in a world

Hidden from the upper light,

Hidden from all joy, from all hope

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So I shine for them

Taking whatever light I can

Standing in the rain of the sun

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And at night,

In the perpetual night of this lower world,

When everything is cold and black,

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I shine for them.

Okay, that was doen on 20 minutes. Sighs. Didn't come out quite as nicely as I envisioned. But well, it IS pretty much as good as I can do. Review!!