THE SUNSHINE

THE SUNSHINE

By Farah Lawal Harris, 2025

Everybody loves the sunshine,

especially this baldie queen

straight outta chemotherapy,

feelin like I just walked right outta heaven indeed.

My life, my life, my life, my life

ran at full speed til cancer hit me

smack dab in my right titty.

But bald, I was so pretty

especially when the sun hit me—

in the breeze, among the bees,

my soul opened like yellow day lilies

in the sunshine.

Everybody loves the sunshine,

especially this cancer-free queen.

To reach age 40 was a blessing indeed.

I close my tear-filled eyes and thank Heavenly Father,

step barefoot onto cool clay and soft moss to thank Earthy Mother,

grateful for another day of life

to do what I do, when I do

in the sunshine.

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Written for Day 16 of National Poetry Writing Month #napowrimo