This is an entry for @jassennessaj's Word Poetry Challenge!
With all the talk of the drought going on, when I saw the prompt for this challenge I couldn't think of any happy sunshine-related things to write about... so, I wrote what's on my mind at the moment, my drought-interpretation of the word ~ sunshine.
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Sunshine
Painting the land red and brown,
The ground thirsts; it's dry, it's scorched,
Be wary, be watchful; it will be torched,
Cloudless skies a lens for the light,
Exacerbating a deathly plight,
The sunshine is both a gift and a curse,
Any day now... it can't get worse...
The sun's immortal fire shines bright,
Another day of destruction and smite,
Rain flows free in neighbouring states,
Cross your fingers; pray to the fates,
Pray for an end to the eternal glare,
Do not yet fall to the brink of despair,
The sunshine is both a blessing and bane,
Any day now... please, let it rain...
