i don't know where the shift came from
i just know it came
relief
i hear it in my voice
in my words
coulda been the meetings
maybe getting outside these walls
and outside myself
coulda been the warmth of the sun
permeating my skin and through to
my heart, melting the ice cold
sadness that formed into a
giant glacier
coulda been the opportunity to
put in a hard days labor
washing, cleaning, scrubbing, sweeping
all to earn some desperately needed
pride and a few greens
calm
i knew the darkness had swept in swiftly
and unforgiving but somehow I managed to remain
conscious of it...and its potential
God
but then the light showed up
the heaviness was lifted
the potential shifted
i shifted, the universe shifted
i WAS shifted
i knew it was coming
i just didn't know when
i stopped waiting
and there it was
here it IS
peace