Night's shadow veils my soul no longer
My heart's window, a light shaft pierces
Dust, twinkling, pirouettes therein
A green eyed, gray cat lolls in its illumination
Hitting its mark in the stage's spotlight
Night's shadow cloaks my soul no longer
Behold black nose, pink tongue, and flag tail
A golden, furry, four-legged friend
Found in front of the flickering, fiery hearth
Curled and cuddled on a braided, oval rug
Night's shadow haunts my soul no longer
Ice from the eaves teases, drip, drop, drip
While out on the green, remain islands of snow
Crocuses awaken in resurrection glory
Sprinkles of color amidst glistening white
Night's shadow shrouds my soul no longer
A cardinal, ruby red robed, resting in a verdant conifer
Tweeting and twittering, sounds the alarm
A red-breasted robin, too close for comfort
Peck, peck, pecking in the yard
Night's shadow smothers my soul no longer
Azure skies, marbled, swishing swaths of cotton floss
Glowing, white-hot orb, the morning, it warms
Suffocating weight of night's shadow evaporates in a rising blaze of glory
Each dawning day is a little lengthier than last
Overwhelming silence of an empty tomb
An angel adorned in white, to the weeping woman proclaims
"He is not here! He is risen!"
Another rising blaze of glory!
Night's shadow dissolves like midmorning melting snow
On the Road to Emmaus 