Atychiphobia

by Ice Star


Love

love is what happens before you know somepony better
before you know why you shouldn't
ever feel that way about anypony
and the Sun

grandmother's skirt is a purple streak
my mane is fire spilled on the floor
above me
shadows and dust are the stars of the house
i reach out
grasping anywhere
horn dull without magic

talking about canterlot
where the Sun lives
and Her school is a jewel
to the crown of Equestria
i want to be a ruby there
in Her golden school

grandmother is making lunch
while i pretend to be a rug
wanting the stove's warmth
and her signature there,
bits for the used spellbook store,
train fare too,
please?

i am told to go read the books i already have
(for the forty seventh time)
study those until the familiar words bleed from the worn pages
(all over again)
scurry somewhere else
before grandmother bothers to say:

"i love you, sunnybun."

love is what happens before somepony forgets you