A flash

Sunshine glowing behind clouds

Gems shine once

Camera flash

Surprising joy

For a moment

For a flash

I blinked

A shooting star

A miraculous second

Was it my imagination?

Could it be?

A glimpse

A light

So bright and brief

Teeth break through apple skin

Words pierce silence

Pencil touches paper

Nothing is something

Then nothing again

A split second

A glimpse of hope

So bright and brief

A slice of lumens

A clap of hands

I don’t expect it to come again

But it was enough to see it once

An eclipsed preview

Abridged and sweet

To the future ahead

Endless joy is somewhere else

But it exists

And gives me hope

It’s enough to know

He is I am.