Now while the moon
is hiding behind the clouds
now when the rain
is falling midwinter,
and now that they’ve told us
not to hug or kiss each other
for fear of contracting
and spreading disease,
yes now is the time to find
whatever light we have
been hiding inside us—
whatever measure of brilliance
we’ve managed to conceal
from each other, from ourselves—
now is the time to bring forth
that luminescence and offer it
freely to the world, now
when light matters most.