<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto">The Coming of Light<div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>Even this late it happens:</div><div>the coming of love, the coming of light. </div><div>You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, </div><div>stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, </div><div>sending up warm bouquets of air.</div><div>Even this late the bones of the body shine </div><div>and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath.</div><div><br></div><div> - Mark Strand</div><div><div dir="ltr"><!-- signature open --><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><!-- signature close --></div></div></div></div></body></html>