The Festival of Lights

The darkness vanishes with lights gleaming And the mind cheers up with good looming The evil fades away with brightness arising The festival of lights heralds with its tidings. Darkness and ignorance move hand in hand Fastening the soul to never-ending command Thus obstruct its progress on the path eternal Hence one ought to strive for their dismissal. The festival of lights connotes watchfulness Against inimical forces that cause restiveness Those drag the spirit away from its quietness And lead to the dreary routine wretchedness. It is the radiance that drives away darkness That makes us ignore our eternal character The light outside signifies the Light within That guides the human on the path sublime. Hence we look up to the festival of lights To remind ourselves to ignite our thoughts That steer us from darkness to illumination To that realm from where there is no return.