Sun, You're a Star

Millions

billions

trillions of stars - 

all keeping

their distance

Only you, Sun, 

came with your

shimmering dance - 

cutting a yellow path

through the dark

My kind of star

cheering us with your glitz

Your autograph - 

a flourish of sunbeams

across our skin.

© Grace Nichols, from Cosmic Disco, Frances Lincoln, 2013