Hidden in Shadows

Hidden in shadows there is a doorway.
A passage not chosen bids me, Come.

C.S. Lewis, in his book A Grief Observed, says this: "The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal."

I say, to the passage that bids me now, I'm coming...





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