Sunshine for the Theatrical

I think I saw it
In the reflection
Of the puddle on the ground
I also saw it
In the reflection
Of her eyes

Now I see it in the setting sun
And I feel it warming my skin

I turn fast
And I think faster
But I can’t ever grab it

I see it in mirrors sometimes
Hints of it clinging to my figure
From the amount of exposure
I have experienced

I don’t know exactly what it is
And why I see it so often now

I think it’s Sunshine
I think it’s a form of light
That comes from people
From the people that make you smile

The people that can brighten a room
With their presence
The people that everybody loves
Because they love everybody

The people that care without limits
The people that inspire poems and stories
The kind of person that leaves you feeling
Like the luckiest person in the world

I envy their influence
But know I could never be one of them
No matter how much Sunshine I absorb
It won’t make me one of them

All I am doing is stealing light
And it feels like I might
Be burning up
How do I cool down?

But I am afraid 
I’ve taken too much
I am afraid I will damage the light
I thought for a long time I should step back

Then I learned more
I thought about the cost 
Of being personified Sunshine
I looked at the deals offered
And realized
It wasn't for me

For those who help 
Without asking for help
Often find it hard
To open up about their problems

And I thought because
They glowed so bright
That they didn’t fight
Their own battles

I thought the light meant
That they didn’t have to vent
But really the light was a distraction
For the world and for themselves
So they didn’t have to focus on their own trials

I’ve seen the dark side of Sunshine
And I’m fine being Starlight

I will take away the light
containing it in stars
to allow the darkness to show
Because I now know
That no one should be forced to be Sunshine

So when I look in the mirror 
and see the Sunshine I've stolen
glowing off my figure
I won’t feel bad
Because even Sunshine 
Needs to see the darkness sometimes