Seven Suns

Robert Walton

My grandmother sat beneath seven suns
Blazing above a gleaming mirror.
She leaned forward,
Peering at her elegant reflection.
“Grandmother?”
She plucked up a thick, soft brush,
“What, dear?”
“Why are the lights so bright?”
She brushed one cheek
And then the other,
“To show me the truth.”
She dabbed a finger
Into lovely cream,
Rose-scented,
And rubbed it on
Small lines beside her lips
“Why?”
She dabbed again
And rubbed harder,
“So that I may hide the truth.”
She smiled
And her mirror eyes
Met mine,
“From everyone
But you.”

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Robert Walton
Robert Walton is a retired middle school teacher, rock climber and mountaineer with ascents in Yosemite and Pinnacles National Park. Walton is an experienced writer. His novel Dawn Drums won the 2014 New Mexico Book Awards Tony Hillerman Prize for best fiction. His “Joaquin’s Gold”, a collection of YA tales, about Joaquin Murrieta was became available on Amazon. Most recently, his story "Suka Blat" was included in "Alternative Liberties", an anthology of protest literature.
His website can be found at the following link : http://chaosgatebook.wordpress.com/