Read Poem: Sunlight in Honey, by Axton N.O. Mitchell

Honey pools fill as light spills across her gaze,
catching in the quiet fire of her eyes,
where the world softens,
every step she takes
feels like a laugh
threaded through warm breeze.

After a hike, she grins
tongue lolling, chest heaving,
the kind of smile
that stitches the dirt
and
leaves into memory.

Little toes dusted with red speckles,
white as clouds edged with fire,
tap the earth
Sounding off tiny drums,
marking her passage
through sunlight, soil,
And streams.

Riding home,
she leans into the passenger seat,
sunlight glinting across
her honey eyes,
lazy warmth painting
her gaze
like molten gold pooling in quiet streams.

She tilts her head, stretches, sighs
And grins
a soft reminder that joy
Is found everywhere she
Goes