I Saw the Light
It traveled at my side
for decades, unassuming
demanding nothing while I,
only mildly discontent, began
again the search for words
to trigger cataclysms of the mind
designed for me to revel in.
What other deep significance
affords an ordinary man
the vision that he needs
to carry out some purpose
for his life?
But light was there beside me.
And had I realized, inside.
There was a flash of time--
mine to behold, and I
not wise enough to summon it.
There are no formulae; I
have no advice for you
and it is not for sale.
But I heard it call, beating and rebounding
like the pulsing of the sea
across the pages of a history
birthed and then reborn,
for what is time?
The answer matters not at all.
I saw the light.
It is with some indifference
I watch the ages fade away
like disappearance of the night.
I saw the light!
~
Copyright © Robert Ludden | Year Posted 2014
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