Free Verse · Pet Loss
The Sunbeam
The sunbeam still comes in at ten,
crosses the rug like always,
and waits.
You never once came when you were called —
why would you start now?
So I won't call.
I'll just leave the warm patch open,
the way you taught me:
love, on your terms,
was still the best deal I ever got.
Original poem © QuillOak — personal sharing is permitted.
“The Sunbeam” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/her-side-of-the-sunbeam
Quick facts
- Poem
- The Sunbeam
- Poet
- The QuillOak Editors
- Length
- 10 lines
- Form
- Free Verse, Elegy
- Themes
- Pet Loss, Grief
Text, source & rights
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Original QuillOak text. Personal sharing is permitted; other reuse requires permission.
- Author record
- The QuillOak Editorstoday
- Source record
- QuillOak originalThe Sunbeam, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 e6c64c66cdb62232…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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