The Light In Your Hair

Author Caroline Beit

The Light In Your Hair

Caroline Beit

Sunlight streams through the windows
Fingers of light touching every surface of our home
For just a second this hand of light 
Reaches out and catches your hair 

Your brown hair glows amber blonde
Light strokes your hair
With all the care and caress of a mother
And warmth of a friend

It brightens up the room
The same way you do every time your little chest laughs
It scatters across the floor
Like the pitter patter of your little feet

There is a halo illuminating your holy little body
Backlit behind your perfect little head
I snap a picture
A brief snapshot of how I always see you 

The picture captures 
A kaleidoscope of colors
All I see is how much I love you
The sun is not big enough to contain my love 

How much light you have brought to my life
Spectral sunshine
Holy Light
Brightness of Love
Hallowed Blaze

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