A Glimpse of Sunlight
Rain falls in torrential downpours
Thunder and lightning
All night and all morning long
The deep gray dark outside
Reflected in my mind
Body
Heart
And soul
It feels like it has always been this dark
Like it will always be this dark
Even though I’ve been here before
And I know it never lasts forever
“This too shall pass”
The dark is so pervasive that it feels permanent
This time
Every time
But then…
A tiny glint of sunlight peeks through the gray
Slowly growing
Until it shines so brightly it’s almost blinding
My eyes blink, unaccustomed to the light
Raindrops glisten on the window screen
Like stars in the daytime
And in my mind
Body
Heart
And soul
Light returns.
Hope returns.
And the feeling that maybe
Not now, but eventually
Everything will be okay.
