The light of my eyes, I said, light of my eyes, light of the world, that’s
what you are, light of my life. I didn’t know what light of my eyes meant, and
part of me wondered where on earth had I fished out such claptrap, but it was
nonsense like this that brought tears now, tears I wished to drown in his
pillow, soak in his bathing suit, tears I wanted him to touch with the tip of his
tongue and make sorrow go away.