Choices

Sequoia and King Canyon National Park, California (USA), January 2018

I did not choose this time,
it chose me.

I did not sign up for loneliness,
we just met.

I did not go for rain,
it just happened.

And now, hand in hand
with time,
with loneliness,
with rain
I choose the light
so that the gray
in the downpour
does not pass on
to my soul.