The boy who touched the sun-

the small child stepped out into the sun
from his mother's earthly dwelling

after being attracted by a shaft of light
shining through the shelter's soft shade

he looked up towards the sky and felt
a booming heat shower upon his face

there was a tingle in his toes, a vibration
as if the light had shone through the shade

of his curious face, past the shelter of his heart
into his legs, nearly rooted into the earth

this soft vibration bloomed upwards
to the crown of his head

eyes open like petals
he stares without fear into the sun

the child rises into a blue ocean of sky
and then into a deep starry darkness

behind him now is the earth
before him, a smiling sun

his body feels like a sheet
blowing in the solar wind

after an eternity the boy extends his finger
and touches the sun

the glowing child finds himself on his doorstep
he runs inside to tell his mother

"I touched the sun!"
"I touched the sun!"

"you didn't get burned?", she asks

"no, I feel okay", the boy concludes

"maybe it was a dream, then", mother says

the boy had a puzzled look on his face
as if none of it made sense all of a sudden

then his tense face rolled flat with understanding
and he looked back to his mother triumphantly

the boy says
"maybe this is the dream"