Lightness

There’s a feeling of lightness

Afloat in the air

Replacing the crushing

Depression once there.

 

The cloud cover’s parted,

Admitting some sun,

A reward for the challenges

Conquered and won.

 

The path won’t be easy

But now there’s a chance

So it makes perfect sense

If we just want to dance.

 

There is joy that’s reflected

In half-hidden smiles.

For hope that’s been muted,

We’ve turned up the dials.

 

I sail down the sidewalk

Where once I did trudge,

No longer afraid of

The muck and the sludge.