Darkness Into Light #5 — Sliver of Light

Just after the solstice, we know the light is increasing, but we can’t see it yet. I hunt for any hint of respite from darkness and pain.

“So few grains of happiness

measured against all the dark

and still the scales balance.

The world asks of us

only the strength we have and we give it.

Then it asks more, and we give it.”

(Jane Hirschfield, from The Weighing)