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# Glim
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- Published: 2026-09-16T03:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T03:00:37.000Z
- Description: “Glim,” a short musing of making magic in the mundane, findign whimsy in a poorly-slept night, and finding the light, always. Written Tuesday, September 15, 2026 poem 258 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Candlight and Cookie Crunch," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Culinary, Eating and Drinking, Poems, Short-form Musings, Beeswax, Candlit, Cold Cereal, Cookie Crisp, Defiant, Dining Room, Glim, Late Summer, Percolate, Ritual, Saccharine, September, Sleepless, Tuesday, Unbothered, Whimsy, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Another night with little sleep  
I seek refuge in the ritual  
Lean into the light, any light  
even if I have to create it for myself.  
  
Pour myself a bowl of silly cereal  
Add an extra swig of whole;  
give the crispy cookies room to swirl;  
run a verdant wood matchstick across striker.  
  
I stare, without seeing,   
twin flames wiggling unbothered   
on the charcoal wicks, vertical and defiant.  
A contrast to the stubby pairs of beeswax tapers  
those that long served this table throughout August  
and are now unafraid of the end that awaits them  
soon, so soon.   
  
"Glim"  
I say aloud,  
listening as one syllable   
echoes through the dining room.  
A wee light, a short candle,   
a lesser-used but apt descriptor.  
  
My focus drifts near and far.   
I slurp my saccharine slurry.  
Breathing slowly I speak into being  
my impromptu incantation:  
  
"May whimsy percolate through my Tuesday  
May goodness prevail  
May energy find me in gentle bursts  
and may the light keep coming."