I awoke with a loneliness in my gut.

My face

Damp with tears I must have cried

In a nightmare.

I turned to my side

And

Set my sight

On the light

Fighting to filter through those

Dusty,

Lifeless

Curtains covering my window.

And I knew

Come what may,

The only way

That soul healing light was ever going

To shine on me

Was if I got up and opened those

Curtains

Myself.