You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know dear
Please don’t take my sunshine away
When you walked away
You took all my sunshine
How I miss you my dear
Thinking of yourself only
You make me feel so grey
Leaving me so un-happy
I remember the days when we were happy
You threw us away
Now I am left with only days filled with pain and grey
Not a glimpse of sunshine
Gone, my one and only
Love no longer holds me dear
But I will let you know dear
I will make myself happy
No longer will you be my one and only
I will turn my love away
And rain on your sunshine
Until your skies are cloudy and grey
Behind every cloud there is a silver lining but yours will only be a shade of grey
You once called me dear
You said you were my sunshine
Only you could make me happy
And you promised you would never go away
But your lies will leave you one and only
My advice to you is only
When you are old and grey
Look back on what you carelessly threw away
Sit in your remorse my dear
Be forever without happiness
In a world deprived of sunshine
I not only filled your heart with sunshine
But I made you happy when you were down and grey
So suffer my dear at what you tossed away
* “Commended” Placement in the New Zealand International Poetry Contest
* Performed with Spoken Word on local Austin TV
* Guest poet for the Austin International Poetry festival kickoff for the Youth Anthology