Friends with emptiness

We wait today

For the hidden Sun

To show its face

From behind clouds

Cuddled here

Comfort is found

In togetherness

Warm body aligned with warm body

Reminds me

Of how it felt

For so many years

To live without light

My soul subsumed entirely

By the night

A deep and dark and lonely place

Where I hid my true face

Even from myself

But today your poetry

Reminded me

Of what it means now

To live free

To have made friends with sunshine

And even gloom

As overcast skies

Sigh themselves into a darkened room

It seems that there is only warmth here

All around

In a place where we melt

Sharpened edges blurred

Deepening solace

Beginning to be felt

After years of learning

To make friends

With emptiness