light therapy

the box flickers with doubt
light tentative & unsure
white heat soft & brief
the promise of healing
fleeting & tenuous
electrons run
nowhere else to go
to the retinas
to the hypocampus
to the disease-center
warding off the evil
voodoo, trickery
biology

the light now steady & strong
streaming to the face
sure of itself
knowing its purpose
smiling & healing
its destiny fulfilled
the mouth is upturned
as it soaks in the waves
fighting the grey
winning