Light Is Still Pouring In — Donna Hopkins

*Still Life with Flowers and Cherry Tomatoes, August, 2025*

No matter
how yesterday
unfolded before your eyes
and no matter the stacks of worries
burdening your mind
that have left you unsettled
or confused,
Light is still pouring in
reminding you over and over again
to surrender,
to let go,
for these troubles
are bound to shadows
that cannot survive in this new light.
Bask in these beams of sun
as you find your new beginnings,
and new way of seeing,

a grace-filled way
of living.

—Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming