A light we can all run to
flickers on and off
guiding the way,
intermittently

each step seen
and unseen
the way sure
the way in shadow
and yet forward we go
even in darkness
even in despair

just when we think
we are lost
it beckons
again

and so we all
stumble onward
towards that
infinite hope

-paige stewart

painting by Allison Kunath