sunny days

blink blinking in the blinding light. a welcome reprieve from the endless darkness. foreign and odd in a new sort of way. not dissimilar to one who has been shut away for countless days and is now brought into a whiteness so bright the only thing visible is sightlessness. the warmth is felt, and a distant reaching understanding from the fog of long-ago is realized that the sun must be responsible for it. the dawning realization that being goes on with or without acquiescence. deep breath of balmy air and rest in the knowledge that survival has been attained. an unfeigned contentment overloads every sense and happiness gains sovereignty unknown in past years.