Sunshine

i don’t know how it happens
that even on those raincloud days
when the world washes gray around me
and I can’t hear my own thoughts
over the rumble of the thunder
that little burst of sunshine
comes sweeping through the doors
and sets the world right again

yes, that little burst of sunshine
with that glowing sunshine smile
hovers over everything
and looks right at me—
not over me, not through me
but right into me as if he knows that
I’ve been waiting all day for
his little burst of sunshine

he sweeps in for a moment
gone almost as soon as he comes
but the sunshine seems to linger
seems to shimmer in the puddles
and I know the world’s a different place
than it was only moments ago
and I wonder if he even realizes
how dark this corner was before he entered it

he’s a little burst of sunshine
lighting up my days with
the glimmer of his presence
smiling through the rainclouds
reminding me that I, too,
carry a little burst of sunshine
deep down on the inside
where the rainclouds try to hide it away