One Afternoon...

Sunshine spills through the window
Retreating with a gentle afterglow
Lightens up my room:
Finds these stray thoughts,
Makes them sparkle;
Threads 'em together,
Makes 'em mingle;

Random moments attain meaning:
The world an imperfect paradise,
We rave and rant and we calm down;
A circus with many a clown,
We see the irony and manage sad smiles.
As our ambitions grow,
We determine to walk extra miles;
Some rare moments that move
We feel the knot in one throat;

So many feelings,
Define the person that we are;
In that one sunlit moment,
I see the person I am.