Donkey and Son

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 

Light in the darkness can terrify — a flash of enemy fire,

A lightning bolt, the cries at night as flames are rising higher.

 

Light in the darkness takes many forms, I recall the blinking lights,

Humming and clicking from monitors, on my father’s final night.

 

The light that left my old dog’s eyes, as I held him close to me —

The candles lit around the world when death sets spirits free.

 

A red light brings us to a halt, then there’s the flashing blue….

Some lights will beckon softly, while some come after you.

 

From fireplace to laser, a light can heal or harm,

Thank God for inner light that guides, illuminates, disarms.

 

There’s mystery in that inner light that changes life, once found,

With hope divine it ever shines, it’s ours to spread around.

 

Eternal, Holy Light that dwells within an open heart,

That shows the way when darkness looms, ’tis Heaven’s sacred art.

 

When Christ was born there was a star that beckoned those below,

To closer come, grow in the light — that welcome’s still aglow.

 

CHRIST IS BORN

 

Penelope Plumb