The Sun’s Response

Andrea Barbosa

 

“Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows and through curtains,
Call on us?”“Thy beams, so reverend, and strong”“I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
But that I would lose her sight so long”

 

 

 

“To warm the world,
That’s done in warming us”

“Shine here to us,
And thou art everywhere”

 

“This bed thy center is,
There walls,
Thy sphere”

 

“The day is once again anew,
Rise up as I have and see it through”“All for you to see the world where
You belong”“Eclipse me with your sight,
But do not eclipse me from your life.
My love for you is nothing more
Than to nourish you”

 

“I warm the world is I must”

 

“Of course my love,
You are not one to live in moonlight,
Only in the twinkling night”

 

“I see my love is not clear.
As the universe revolves around me,
Her world revolves around you”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author note:
This is a conversational poetry piece between John Donne and the Sun. The left side are words from his work called “The Sun Rising” and the right is the Sun’s response.