sugar sky

you reached to pull the pink clouds down

and spun them into a

sugary mound

to balance on

a thin paper cone

and then present

to me

you told me to look up at the sky

and see how there’s sherbet

in the sunrise

you snuck a taste

of the creamy orange

and left the rest

for me

you wanted to bring me a sprinkling of stars

to see how sweet

the crystals are

but then you disappeared

into the dark

chocolate sky

and you never came back down

the clouds are thick like frosting today

but i don’t want a taste