“It’s always sunny above the clouds. Always. Every day on earth – every day I have ever had – was secretly sunny, after all.” — Caitlin Moran

Just a glimpse

Storms have moved on
at last, leaving behind 
a waft of wind
gently tickling the earth.

Rain dominates
in glass-splattered splashes,
bead-laden leaves,
saturated grass patches.

Striated clouds 
interleave with denser
drifts of shadowed
dark stratocumulus.

Yet there are gaps 
ever-widening skeins
of bright blueness 
where the thready strands part.

And I ponder
at the way my heart lifts
with just a glimpse 
of sunlight, of wonder.

It is enough
to help instigate hope,
relieve sadness,
and stimulate my soul.
© joylenton

“I’ve found that there is always some beauty left – in Nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.” — Anne Frank