When The Light Poured Through, I Swear I Found God. Poem by Stephanie Spray

Wandering hopelessly through life's largest caverns
I saw you alone, standing in the backwoods
with treasures untold, you held them so tightly.
They were neither gold nor jewels aplenty.

Hope filled the air as you told me your stories
about how hard it was, but that life was not only
hard work and pain, there was something more lovely
than any amount of money they lent me.
Jaw-dropping beauty, I'm stunned by the honesty
and how you opened your heart up so very easily.
I couldn't stop staring, I couldn't take my eyes away
from all the words that spilled out on that rainy day.

As we both talked, and as we conversed
the light over head appeared and chased out the worst.
the darkness is faded, though it's never gone
but with my new treasures I feel like I can be strong.
As light poured from the clouds, I swear I saw God
and for once in my life

I felt like I finally belonged.