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Date Posted: 20:36:13 08/03/08 Sun
Author: WindWalker
Author Host/IP: d207-216-17-66.bchsia.telus.net / 207.216.17.66
Subject: The Light Shines in the Darkness

The Light Shines in the Darkness

The light shines in the darkness,
but the darkness has not understood it.
[John 1:5 – The Bible]

It is understood or believed
that before the beginning
there was utter darkness,
Chaos the master
ruled endless realms
of nothingness.

Weighted by gnawing emptiness
Spirit in thought overthrew
the bonds of darkness with light –
and what is that called light
but life become self-aware?

Light is revelation –
and the reality of things
that had always been
but unseen and unknown
even unto themselves
locked in the dungeon
of darkness’ pride –
manifested.

And what is that called darkness
but utter ignorance;
the state of unknowing,
not being alive even unto oneself,
unaware, while and yet
always existing
in cosmic Pangaea?

In the beginning
Spirit brought into the worlds
the light of life
to run its course, long or short,
to become swarms of fiery stars
burning themselves up
in cosmic orgasms,
proliferating wildly
even unto
death.

Whispered thoughts among the spheres
weigh its inscrutable path
cutting down friend and foe alike:
inevitable abomination
proscribed end of light –
and what is death
but the unalterable return
of primal ignorance?

Thus comes the end
the laziness of forgetfulness,
forged chains of ignorance
tighten and lock;
the lights wink off one by one:
allness once again
hidden in primeval
darkness.

Chaos rules,
once more Master un-creator,
unchallenged, proud
yet ever fear-bound
to the next awakening
and which state is this now?
an ending, or a beginning?

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