The Edge of Shade and Warmth

Footfall, Shimmer Sunlight lies like a path, and you walk it slowly. The sun touches your left shoulder first, warming only your toes.

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Sunpatch

The warm spot on the floor has shifted to the right without my noticing. In between, I closed my eyes and opened them once.

Footfall

The window must have been open for a long time. I can't count how many times I've gone back and forth to that moved spot today, and I followed along.

Shimmer

The sunlight reaches the floor and rests on the threshold. I was standing just inside that line.

Alight

Around lunchtime, that spot alone seems to split open with sunlight. No one guards that path.

Late Frost

At three in the afternoon, sunlight hung in the glass of water on the windowsill. Following that light, I turned my head, and the breeze passing through the curtains lingered for a moment before moving on.

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