Taylor Appleton
When I was a child, I found a hurt animal,
and I ran in the light of the sun.
And was amazed at the smallest of rays that reflected in its eyes as I nurtured it,
And tried to make it whole
One day I realized, you could stare into the light until it began to hurt
And all your shadows would fall behind you.
There was a time when I could not look at pain without feeling it.
Yet now I cannot afford to; I am blinded
I see you but not your suffering anymore
I treat with minimal care, though it feels here nor there
And though I am blinded, on my breaks, I go outside and continue to stare at the sun
They say experience is relative, philosophically, yet
A child, full of hope, is staring at the same sun alongside me
So I tear my eyes away, look down, and say
If only you could be my partner again.
Bio
Tayler is a first year medical student and hoping to go into pediatric neurology. She is the author of one novel and has always had an intense passion for combining medicine with the arts.