Joy Unexpected Poem by Patti Masterman

You always bubble up in my mind again,
Effervescent, like liquid sunbeams captured
By a moment's reflection, of remembered brilliance;
Like a memory of a perfect, sunny day,
An hour when uncertain things turned out right
Or an unexpected, anonymous gift arrived,
And the opening of it brought an uncrated smile-
One that we never beheld, before now.

Like the feel of a small hand, slipped into yours,
Or a twinkle in the eye, of someone you love;
Like stars shine above, when there’s no moon,
And a moon, that was thought obscured by clouds;
Rain showers that never came, or came too late
To rain on the wedding; the grave; the parade;
Or a heart that over-flows, with the mere thought of you-
And the strangest sense of all, that you feel it too?