Happiness

It flutters and flies into my night sky,
bringing glorious sunshine to my world,
a world that had once been so dark.

What a distant thing,
I never thought it’d grace me with its presence,
but now I truly feel its
warm glow
as if it had never departed from me.

I smile and laugh
for what feels like the first time in ages.
Now I understand that the darkness
and the sadness
were only testing me
to see if I could withstand the freedom of happiness.