This time, the sun broke through
to tell us it was awake for the day
and here to stay.

We didn’t know what it meant.
We just listened
and stared in awe at its sheer light.

We admired the way it lit up the columns of cement outside our only window,
the way it changed its hue
from beige to grey to taupe
to mourning dove-white in mere minutes.

It played with our scenery.
It kept us amused and entertained
until something else caught our eye.

But nothing else ever came
to pull away our gaze.

Instead, we sat there for four whole hours,
watching sun rays dance across the sky
for the 90th time.

Waiting for something to pull us away.
But it never comes.