Darkness in hiding

''Remind me where the darkness hides,'' I murmured, sounding like a sleepy child as I shuffled closer to him as we sat on the picnic blanket.

He sighed and glanced at me with a crooked smile.

His eyes were shining, glowing, reflecting all light.

''Really?'' He asked, sounding surprised.

''It's a good story - very poetic.'' I say, pinching him and smiling wickedly.

''Fine,''

He looked up at the stars, looking like a curious child.

''They say...'' he starts.

''They say that the darkness hides everywhere.

In our minds, smiles, bodies.

Our beings.

It's everywhere.

But it is said to disappear for a few moments when someone is really, truly, happy.

When that person feels like they are glowing,

floating,

really living.''

I smiled and as I did so, I imagined the darkness disappearing.

I imagined the darkness disappearing as I sat here with him.

10.6.2020