The unexpected

Unexpectedly,
without warning
the storm broke.
all around me.
Thunder,
lightening,
wind
a deluge.
the desert places,
the dark, oppressive wildernesses,
were drenched
with a soaking rain
With a face streaked with tears,
and eyes wide open,
I saw,
I heard
and I perceived.....
like an infant,
gloriously born into
the unknown.
like a child learning to walk,
and then to run,
dance,
twirl.
Life met me
on a steep track
that I have trod
for too many years.
All my wrestlings
are receding
into yesterdays past.
So unexpected.
so beautiful.
so alive