Oh, why are you shining so bright, big Sun,
And why is the garden so gay?
Do you know that my days of delight are done,
Do you know I am going away?
If you covered your face with a cloud, I 'd dream
You were sorry for me in my pain,
And the heads of the flowers all bowed would seem
To be weeping with me in the rain.
But why is your head so low, sweet heart,
And why are your eyes overcast?
Are they clouded because you know we must part,
Do you think this embrace is our last?
Then kiss me again, and again, and again,
Look up as you bid me good-bye!
For your face is too dear for the stain of a tear,
And your smile is the sun in my sky.
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Comments1OH MAN, THIS POEM REALLY GRABBED MY FEELINGS, NOT GONNA LIE. MAKES ME THINK OF SAYING GOODBYE TO SOMEBODY SPECIAL. MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE SAD BUT ALSO WHAT I THINK IS, LOVE IS WORTH IT, YA KNOW? ITS LIKE, EVEN IN PAIN, THERE'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT LOVE. AND THE WAY IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE SUN, THE NATURE, ALL THAT...THAT'S REAL NICE. IT'S SO EMOTIONAL, AND POWERFUL. PROPS TO THE GENIUS WHO WROTE THIS, YOU MADE MY DAY.