The Sun that Didn't Know to Set

The sun arose, shining, one day.

And it basked in the warmth it provided.

The sky beamed blue —

The birds chirped their songs

And the soil grew green.

So the sun shown ever stronger.

But then the night came —

and the sun did not set.

It basked more in its power

and the sky scorched

and the birds wilted

and the soil cracked

but still the sun shown and marveled at itself.

The birds fell

the sky grew clouded

and the soil withdrew

— yet the sun still burned

Until one day —

the sun finally died

but there was nothing left to honor its passing.

The birds were gone

the sky — gone

the soil had turned to rock

And in that last day —

the Sun realized it had never thought to set.