Luminosity

juxtaposed in the density
of gloomy skies, i know
that luminosity is out there.
she knows that sometimes 
you have to feel your 
entire body aching and 
your cheeks shattered with
tears before you can be 
gifted laughter. she knows 
that it thunders before it rains. 
that wounds hurt before they heal. 
and that babies cry before they 
laugh. she knows that
it pains to walk on glass
without an end in sight. she 
knows that spines snap
after bending over backwards
for too long. she knows that
people can only walk for so long
in a dark tunnel until they no longer
recognize themselves. she knows
that. but she also knows that it has
to get better eventually. it has to.