Light Show

Light escapes —

streams under clouds,

glows on fields,

etches the small blue patches

with silver

Light infuses lives,

each of them,

bursts through the edges of sorrow,

overrides disappointment,

finally settles everything

into the gentle peace

of sunset,

Softening into evening,

preparing to emerge,

bright as mind,

bright as stars,

to shine through the whole night.

©Wendy Mulhern

September 22, 2016