When joy returns,
After a long time away
It’s like she had never gone away,

When joy returns,
She comes with light
Bright enough to cover the night
That came before.

When joy returns
She let’s you see
A divine hand aiding your mistakes
So you know the journey was all worthwhile.

When joy returns
– and she always does.

Your heart is wider and fuller than before
Because sorrow swells it for good.

But when joy returns,
She obtains all the new space that the sorrow has made.
And inhabits it, radiantly.

And when joy comes home,
You’ll know it.

Because you’ll see yourself there, again.