In our lives,
only good is given —
The darkest shadow
is still just a shadow,
cast by something
so magnificent
we don’t know how to see it

Dark times are here to show
how deep the love
that reaches down to gather us.
We won’t remember them
as anything but light —
jewels of our journey,
guiding our paths.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 3, 2016

Vessel by Jennifer McCurdy, photos by Julius Friedman