Winter 2024

Golden

Sunflowers and saffron rice

Honey-colored eyes

Hidden under a yellow ribbon

The shade of a straw hat

Fields of dandelions

And cornstalks

The sky brightening

Before a sunrise

The glint of horn-rimmed glasses

A thin chain necklace

Eyelashes casting flecks of light

A laugh of innocence

Flash of pearl-white teeth

God, her smile is golden.