Strength and Hope Come From Sisters

It's been months
since I have seen the summer
felt the sun lap at my skin
to feed my soul
and blind me

perhaps by blinding me
the sun in the summer months
helps to me see more
in my life
in those around me
in the hope that lies within life

having seen
the darker side of things
underbellies of rocks
riverbeds, dry or wet
molehills and mountains
(but never mountaintops)

I am tired of seeing the darker side of things.

Hope resides in the rays of light
that beam down to bless my arms
as I drive into the day.

the strength to go on comes
from living through the winter

but the reason to live on comes
from that giddy sun
and its unaffectable smile-shine