Resilience

In the darkness, I wonder 

if I’ve lost my way.

I look to the stars 

but their whispers fall silent,

the trees stand mute, 

grasses refuse to wave.

All I can do 

is step into the sun

and let its warmth steep my soul,

or pause in that moment of peace

at the end of the day,

I follow silence into corners

of night-darkened rooms,

slip between the notes 

of my childhood songs,

wrap myself up in the rainbow’s indigo band

and wait for my heart 

to come beating slowly back.