I See the Light

Sometimes it's all about lighting
and the light turns on
as I tell many people about my search
the light stolen and lied to
bad grades
teenage years

"It's on the house,"
a barista tells me
of a muffin and a latte
for the story I tell her
and it is all about lighting
and the light comes on

How I let a 12-year-old girl
have my power
her mother I'm no longer with
sharing in my agony
and neither really know or care
and I hand it over so easily
and I laugh as the light comes on
my power is lying on the floor
I pick it up
put it back in my pocket
laugh at how I gave it up that easily
laugh at how little I appreciated it.

Sometimes it's a matter of perspective...
what if I look to the right
what if I look to the left
up down all around
take it all in.

Have a good laugh at my own expense...

The 21st is coming
10:08 pm is Solstice

Life will change a bit for a little girl that day
the next day I get to see her

and Sunday
I let her mother in on the plan
and even though we may not end up on the same page
we'll be working from the same book
and a little girl
just might regain quite a bit of her perspective
as we all walk together
into the coming light.