She showed up
Like sunlight climbing the edge of dusk,
A promise I hoped for,
A sign I silently trusted would come.

At the first slit of light,
I felt reborn
Lifted from the depths of silent agony
Where shadows had made their home.

The crying child inside me hushed;
Eyes locked on a distant score,
Miles apart,
Yet never closer than before.

Her gaze met mine
A breach in the fabric of space and time,
Carried on doves' wings,
And placed, trembling, in my heart.

I can’t sing now
But I no longer weep.
My heart rejoices quietly.
The pain? It dims.
The sorrow? Disperses.
And I am reborn again and again.

As the sparrow soars
And the ram frolics with the lamb,
I chase your echo
Until my breath gives way.

Then, with my final gasp,
I sink into a forest of sleep
Still, silent,
Awaiting love’s gentle conceit:
That something fleeting
Can still be forever.