THE SPOTLIGHT
THE SPOTLIGHT V
She lingers where light and dark negotiate.
Unnoticed strength pulses beneath her calm,
a resilience sharpened by observation.
She has learned timing, how to wait without disappearing,
how to grow without noise.
The spotlight studies her quietly,
aware that her glow
will arrive without warning.
When it does,
it will reveal a force
that mastered patience
before mastering the world.