After the rains

The rains of the early morning 

left a coat of damp on the deck wood 

and the now thawed ground. 

The branches, still bare, glistened.

The air had a strange quality, the light polarized, 

drawing me out with my phone to try to capture it.

Light through shadows, colours splashed across the clouds

this is how I have been sensing life lately

and all I see is beauty

and I am learning, bit by bit

deeper in my spirit

without the darkness

we can never see the light