it sings within your heart,

this discovery of beauty

in places you thought were

barren

 

–there was water even there

that you knew not of–

 

and although there are 

circumstances still that harm,

you are unlearning their ways

and recalling that light

 

often shines in the most

unexpected of places and

that beauty is the lyric

of love.

 

so, soak this right in.

let it be consumed by your

bones, let it chase away

the sleeplessness of nights

 

and allow it

to nourish

your soul

to replete.

 

and remember you would have

missed this altogether had you

not purposefully detached

the scales from eyes 

to fixate on light.

 

Heather Pound 2023

Photo by George Pagan III on Unsplash