A Square of Light

it takes courage
to sit and gaze
at this square of light
day after day.

lines frame reality,
what's real and true,
now,
the angst and despair
for a world
coloured grey
today,

perhaps tomorrow
there will be
another square of light,
holding a rainbow,
or the moon,
or a spotted night,
drawing me out
from behind these lines,
and into curves
of endless sea and sky.

a square of light
where everything fits in,
all shades,
lines and curves,
a despair of life,
a love of life,
our shared humanity,
and a simplicity
of what is.