"Sunlight Shines" by Vanessa Hooper

"Sunlight Shines"  by Vanessa Hooper 

Sunlight shines, through trees of mine, 

a performing stage delights

A hidden troupe, the dance of life, 

their secret a jubilation 

Their revelry a hidden joy, 

too brief their delightful production 

Sunbeams fade, like summer days, 

the curtain drawn on their spectacle

A joyous dance that cannot last, 

my matinee completed

Never pass a single stage, an offering unheeded. 

The dance of life, an unseen gift, 

treasured or forsaken.

-Vanessa Hooper