light dawns slowly

darkness rules

the night

robbing us of sight

blindly

we stumble through the darkness

searching

but not finding

groping 

with clumsy hands

and bewildered minds

for 

something

that will help us make sense of it all

dawn comes slowly

gray on black

then

slowly

color 

breaking forth over the

dark mountains

pale at first

then with ever more power

hues

of pink

and gold

bursting into the sky

turning blue

until

finally full rays

of brilliant light streak through the trees

bringing to life

the sleeping earth

so too 

faith