Found Meaning

I found meaning in painting a protest sign
In heavenly colors (which took sky to dry)
In the sunshine to hold at sunset last night
And in doing my best because it was mine

Then I felt as though I were lifting up light
By bearing witness as the warm hours went by
And a meaningless day turned meaningful night
By moments of clarity suggestive of
A galaxy whose each star is a firefly

I gave to my town and it gave back to me
Meaning came to meet me and it became clear
That it means to belong that I belong here
And the word I painted on my sign was "Love"

+Steven Curtis Lance



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