Surprised by Light
surprised by light,
it burrows through drape fibers,
casts silver threads upon my pillow,
brushes my eyelids
with soft white feathers —
surprised by daybreak,
the pink and amber sky,
the robin’s first song,
rejoicing —
surprised
by gladness.
D. G. Vachal © 2025
Image by Susanne Nilsson, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
lilies, sparrows and grass 
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