Glimpses

Sometimes through the darkness

Glimpses of hope appear

Like stars in the night sky

Revealing portals of light

Here within our hearts

We feel the rising of joy

Or intimations of the spirit that slumbered

Or got killed off

By those brandishing weapons

Awakening

After the longest of nights

At times our glimpses of joy appear

With the play of sunlight

Or the feeling of a tear

Naturally falling

Due to some unspoken sympathy

Arising so quietly within our chest

And at other times our souls seems stripped bare

Of hope and light and life

That is why

When the glimpses appear

We must appreciate the moment

For life is a constant play of feelings

And sensations

Rising and falling

And it is best we learn

How to fully surrender

Our souls to the dance