Smile through the tears

Sometimes brilliant sun

Follows the storm

And even as the skies are grey

A brilliant bolt of light shines through

Piercing the gloom

Giving the heart room to sing again

There is a pain

That falls like rain

Upon the soul deluged

And there is often around us

Only this dark cold wilderness

Never the less in time things

Alchemise

In my experience

If we can allow this life and our emotional reaility

To be as they are

Even when things

Are not as we wish them to be

Recognising they follow their own design

Maybe we can make a space for joy

If we find a way

To skilfully align ourselves

With the moment of sunbreak

When seas are high

We think we will capsize

Maybe we will be taken deep

But there are just these waves

Moving on through

And the best we can do

Is learn to go with the stumble

Sometimes we swim

Often we flounder

Sometimes we tumble

Through the foam

Swirling and swirling in the deep unknown

Til uncertain destiny has it’s way

Holding sway as we pray

Seeking wisdom through the tears

Passing storms

Surrendering fear

As joy dawns again

Finding a way to smile again

After the storms

Through the cleansing

Of the rain