Feeling the Sunshine, Spring 2020
An EHS Student Special Feature Publication
Light Behind the Darkness by Gina Buvelot
It was dark, very dark. They shouldn’t see a thing.
This felt like an eternity, all alone in the darkness,
no one could help. Felt like a complete loss, but
then the darkness started to fade and the light
came through the windows as if they were there all along.
As the mysterious light came through the shining
window she gestured her tiny hand in the light.
It was warm like nothing she felt before, she felt
Something inside of her glow almost as she was
Meant to be there, the warmth of the light calling
Her showing her a new time is coming, she can
Finally get out, the time in the darkness is over, everything is okay.
She stepped outside, the sun burning on her face, she
couldn’t remember the last time she felt the sun.
then her feet felt the warmth of grass, like nothing
she could imagine, she was finally free. It was the
beginning of a new time, a time where everyone was safe, it was spring of 2020.