Then, came the dawn;
A pearled sky mixed by His hand
With artistry utmost.
Gossamer clouds
The sky wore like a scarf,
Behind the cold moon's ghost.
Little diamonds fell
From the eyes of stars,
Weeping for lonely Night,
While on the ground
People gazed at the sun,
Waiting to see a sight.
"Turn from it!" says I
Only to be ignored.
How can I compete
When folks are so floored
By an orb dying in the sky?
Still the sun they adored.
At last, hot and tired
Came the masses away, all blind.
Stealing across the sky
The fingers of Night unwind;
Beggars wander afield,
Away from the window lights
Which they could not see.
Unheeding, some fell over cliffs;
The rain washed off my tears.
Yet, glimmers of hope in me were lit;
I wondered if--by example--
Learning in others would commence.
No, and by their bodies I sit.
Snow and rain keep falling;
Heavenly tears frozen by love grown cold.
Warm arms held out only so long,
Unanswered 'til withdrawn.
As the ark doors closes,
The mockers lost with their kin;
Thunder claps and the sky laughs,
In lieu of rain destruction falls
After an unforeseen peaces
Follows the sudden lull.
Seeing the very Earth knows
How can they ignore His call?
I stand alone, yet surrounded,
In spite of my attempts to flee.
I hope that somewhere
In this abyss od souls is one
Who can see Him like me.
Worsted doing which come to nothing
Catch at my heels
As I struggle to be free.
At last,
A pure, white hand breaks free
Of the cloud which enshrines His Own,
Tenderly lifting them into place
Beside His Father's throne.
And who on Earth doesn't envy
The seeds that they have sown?
Faith to character,
From character, hope
Falls from the pages of a well-worn Book
To goals on the heads of those below
Whom writhe like a fish on a hook.
Those whom know what is to come
Must take a second look;
in the farthest reaches of the Night
lie the new beginnings of Day.
Only when the nightmares have come,
And passed,
/Does the soft light appear.
I hope for the Light
Amidst all this darkness;
I cannot see my resting place...
Yet knowing, I feel serene.
