" Last night
I felt it.
happiness.
I didn’t recognize the spark at first.
I had forgotten what it was like.
but then,
there it was.
a flash of light.
a second of warmth.
a glimmer of hope
when all I had for years
was darkness.
and just the idea
that this might not last forever
is motivation enough
to keep going. "

― Caroline Kaufman , Light Filters In: Poems