shine
verb (used without object)
to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Moon shining strangely on the white palings of the fence, I am shining too but my light is shut inside of me and can't get out.
From Sun-Up and Other Poems by Ridge, Lola