Dappled sunlight 
Upon my skin 
Warm, streaming motes 
Kiss my neck 
My arms, my face 
Whispering sweet nothings 
Caressing, comforting 
My shoulders drop
The weight of the world 
That sits on them 
Like twin rocks 
I’m no longer Atlas 
Holding up the sky
Shivering
In its storminess
Legs quivering
Under its burden of sighs
And tears and loss 
For now 
It has all melted away 
The coldness, the heaviness, the grey 
For now 
There is only a quiet joy 
A rainbow sprinkling 
Of dappled sunlight 
Upon my skin 
Thawing me, warming me 
From within.