The sun illuminates the sky,
but sometimes it's so out of reach
that I, who cannot climb that high,
need something that will fill the breach.
The lowly Earth is my domain
while sun illuminates the sky,
and that is where I must remain,
for I'm not built like birds that fly.
But I have learned that I'll get by
on gold that springs up from the earth.
As sun illuminates the sky,
a million blooms give light new birth.
My earthly home is not a cage
where darkness lurks and dreams must die.
A trillion petals light my stage --
one sun illuminates the sky.
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Author Notes
Many thanks to Aussie Eddie for this stunning photo.
The quatern is a classic French rhyming form where the first line of the first stanza becomes the second line of the second stanza, the third line of the third stanza, and finally, the fourth line of the fourth stanza.
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