Fascinated from an early age

By the glowing ball of light

A deep attraction to the star above

Warm and sweet, always there to comfort

Deeply warned to never stare directly into the sun

But her gaze kept steering to the sky

The rarest of connections

"Oh, take me"

She cried to the shimmer in the clouds

My soul belongs to thee

Life giver, almighty fire

"This dark earth, I hate it"

Was all she felt behind her scorching eyes

I'll join your ranks

Stare I must 'til you take my hand

Thе world became so vague

Stroboscopic rеality

Blinks and flashes rained

Still content with a smile endured

Her idea to join the light

No one knows where it came from

But with loyalty like that

Comes a price, unimaginable

Even though everyone tried

To persuade her different, she persisted

As her pupil caught the beams

Deep inside she felt alive

From blur to complete blindness

She's stumbling around

"Now all I have is darkness"

Poor Iris screamed and cried

She felt the sun was shining

And touching her pale skin

But to her heartfelt sorrow

Unable to be seen

Fascinated from an early age

By the glowing ball of light

A deep attraction to the star above

Warm and sweet, always there to comfort

Deeply warned to never stare directly into the sun

But her gaze kept steering to the sky

The rarest of connections

"Oh, take me"

She cried to the shimmer in the clouds

My soul belongs to thee

Life giver, almighty fire

"This dark earth, I hate it"

Was all she felt behind her scorching eyes

I'll join your ranks

Stare I must 'til you take my hand

Fragments of vision

All gone, sacrificed

She felt betrayed

The damage stole her precious light

The thing she hated is now her all

The thing she wanted

Stole her eyes and gave her nothing

Not even shadows can penetrate the black she's in

Her journey to the light, a feeble dream not realized

She felt the sun was shining

And touching her pale skin

But to her heartfelt sorrow

Unable to be seen