Oh, you make me feel

a shimmer of light in the darkness,
a glimmer of hope in the bleak,
this is how you make me feel,
and the words i cannot speak.

a sonnet in a wordless world,
a painting on a sheet,
a colour in a palette,
a soldier in the deep.

a mountain in a valley,
a shepherd among his sheep,
an oasis in the desert,
a castle with no keep.

a wall to a garden,
a sword out of sheath,
a book with no cover,
an unrepentant thief.

a baby's first breath,
a hungry persons teeth,
a map of places unexplored,
and the touch of ground beneath.

a shimmer of light in the darkness,
a glimmer of hope in the bleak,
this is how you made me feel,
and the words i can now speak.