Best Eternal Light Poems
The Pilgrim’s Ghost of a Thousand Heavenly Dreams
Looking through a magical dewdrop we now see an enchanted
Chandelier, liquid-sparkling pure, where a mystical quicksilver
Mirrors a living-moonlight reflection of a thousand radiant stars.
These stars are heavenly focus points that reflect the celestial
Magnificence of Almighty God’s prescient intention, whereby all
Cosmic music forms a clockwork of ticks-tocks of a certain vision.
This vision streams and sounds throughout the cosmos entire on
Star beams with the dimension, power, and force of Almighty God,
Whilst casting a glorious panoply of light that illuminates the darkness.
The reach of God’s eternal light into this deep-dark void of the cosmos
Is known as “The Pilgrim’s Ghost of a Thousand Heavenly Dreams” that
Has an undeniable metaphorical place in mankind’s collective psyche.
This ethereal, eternal ghost by God’s own direction on our mortal Earth,
Allows for mankind’s curious interest in exploring the deepest-darkest
Crevasses of the oceans and the silent sacred secrets of the cosmos itself.
This ethereal, eternal ghost as resident in mankind’s consciousness fuels
Man’s desire, as divinely inspired, to see ourselves as a mirror-image of God
Himself, fulfilling God’s desire that our souls shall ascend one day to Heaven.
Gary Bateman and Liam McDaid – A Collaborated Poem,
Copyright © All Rights Reserved – October 10, 2018 (Tercet)
With peace and love
I kneel a lamb
possessed by the wolf
within my own darkness howls
A son of the Father
Bowing the head to his mercy
Grace in shame a sinner weeps
who bit from the forbidden fruit
Knowing it's agony
in the garden of life's sufferings
Seeking his forgiveness
Oh Most Holy Lord
Always you dwell God most high
Almighty inside the heart
Light of Our Creator
there is no good inside
Dark nights of a soul's pain
tears of remembrance
As you sit with me alone
I grow stronger in faith
With a
tremor of light
a black and white filter
inks the nigrescent sky with the
Day star.
Eternal light
Shines on you and i
Enriching the soul
And all that is
Grow towards
The heavenly glow
Bask
In the diamonds of energy
That empowers all life
On earth
Let it bathe you
With all its glory
A sturdy source
Shall consume the lands of time
It is
You are
All that is divine
You know
What will come of thee
Once your moment
Doth arise
Your once prolapsed ego
Shall seize
And neutralize
Mankind shall recreate
What mankind
Chose to forget
You shall do
What your forefathers did
Without much regret
For if thy purpose
Is ignored
You are sure to be the threat
And a loss of life
Is limninent
Time itself will stop.
3rd march 2015 written by sarah linklater
‘WHITE ETERNAL LIGHT’
Talc powder feathered wings, gracefully a white dove brings
Spiritual promises of pacifist mediation, connecting our soul – timeless hope, appreciation
Light of the world, luminosity glow— Heavens majestic rainbow
Chosen by Him in His glorious creation
Resurrected from sin, merciful, pardoning grace from within
Peacemaker, conciliator His gate beckons—a pale glow
The further we enter this truth and life- we advance....grow
The good Shepherd knows His sheep
Our choice, our own to follow... His to keep
This voyage, this life-- trying arduously to walk in Faith and live in Love
A starting place, truelove from above – our crossing passage, spiritual dove
Earthly expeditions become mazes, confusion—battling strife
His soft whisper... draw nearer, I am the way the truth and the life
I Am--He repeats.... I Am, your resurrection into the light
Protected in the palm of my hand- no fear in the darkness of night
My desire is to lavish my love everlasting, celebrating uniqueness of “you”
Simply put, you are my child I am your Father forever true
Thoughts of you are countless as sand on seashore
You signify treasured possession-- never will you yearn for more
Kim van Breda-- February 2013
re-post inspired by Laura contest
ETERNAL LIGHT
With a
tremor of light
a black and white filter
inks the nigrescent sky with the
Day star.
Stars disgorge energy in waves by fissile pulsations
Equally in all directions, but do not call it darkness
Where those come not our way. Darkness is
A matter of perspective.
A rainbow of photons ignites our neural lanterns;
Globes in 3D to navigate the pitch, the default state.
You and I stand in the same primordial darkness
As “In the beginning….” The light is within, and only.
However, the physics of light does not illuminate
The Way, The Truth and The Eternal Light, for it is not
Of the making of stars, but of the One who made
The stars.
Souls, carrying light as once the living carried,
Follow an ancient Course shrouded in a mist of tears,
To be reborn into the Light as it was before the Fall,
Like one emerging from a cave through a waterfall.
Copyright 2022, Paul Thomson
Oh father, my guiding light,
Your presence, now but a memory bright.
In the quiet whispers of the wind,
I hear your voice lingering within.
Your laughter filled the air with joy,
Your wisdom, a beacon to my soul.
But now you have taken your final flight,
Leaving a void that never can be whole.
I remember the touch of your gentle hand,
The way you held me close in a loving embrace.
You were my rock, my anchor in life’s storm,
And now I am adrift in an endless space.
But though you may be gone from sight,
Your spirit lingers on in the starry night.
I feel your presence in the gentle rain,
And in the sunlight that breaks through the pain.
The memories we shared will never fade,
In my heart, your love will forever stay.
For you were more than just a father to me,
You were a beacon of light, eternally.
So I will cherish the moments we had,
And hold onto the lessons you taught.
For though you may have left this earthly plane,
In my heart, your love will never be forgot.
Rest in peace, dear father, my guide,
Your spirit lives on, shining bright inside.
And though I may shed tears of sorrow,
I know you’re with me, today and tomorrow.
In the vast expanse of the universe,
Your light will forever shine, never to disperse.
And in the quiet moments of reflection,
I feel your love, a timeless connection.
Oh father, my guiding light,
In your memory, I find solace in the night.
For though you may have left this earthly shore,
In my heart, your love will endure evermore.
Mystery was much better,
It was bit by bit some relation.
There was thinking,
There was feeling,
There was waiting.
Now nothing left except
Some unbearable unfitness.
Whom to I am weak
All sayings seems erring there.
Sometimes
Expression goes onerous,
Expression makes the end.
What else is new more?
Let me lit the light rather.
For me, for you too.
Lord Heavenly Father
Have mercy on me
Bless me so that I may see
So I may be worthy of your undying praise
Show me light within the darkness
Break the shackles upon my weary feet
Dry the tears that pour so heavily like roaring waters yet so afraid
Breathe into me Lord the breath of everlasting life
So I may the child of grace shall I never fear You even upon deaths watch
Keep me near and close to You So that I may be the one that seeks Your face
And the light beautiful lights shine on
And the light beautiful beautiful light shines song
Beautiful light shines long
Beautiful light is forever
It is bright so bright shine the light
It is bright so bright essence shine the light
Beautiful lights and if light shines forever lights
Beautiful light such beauty does shine
And the light never dims It shines
On and on on and on on and on
On and on on and on on and on
On and on on and on on and on
It shine shines all the way always
On and on on and on on and on
On and on on and on on and on
On and on on and on on and on on and on forever more
Less than shines the lights
Always shining bright
And the light is shines always
It shines and the light is always on
It shine always and always forever shines
The light episode bright and the light it shines forever
In the light is forever
2/14/19
Arranged music by Kevin Kern
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2017, 2019©
From anthology "Lyrics to the Music of Kevin Kerns"
I pray
that your hearts
will be flooded with light
with the light, the light of the Lord
so that
so that you can understand
the confident hope
He has given to those
For He called--his holy people
Yes, He calls those who are
His
rich and glorious
rich and glorious
For inside the light is our inheritance.
We are rich and glorious
Inside our hearts, soul and minds shine…
Shine
Shine God’s eternal light
I see
In my spirit I inhale the love
For I once was in the darkness
Now I am above
Lo, I am in the light, and it’s alright I’m in the light of the Lord
So that you will come to me as I follow Him
Jesus comes as I shine so brightly
So you now understand
The confident hope
He has given to us
For He calls us--his holy people
Yes, He calls those who are
His
Rich and glorious
Rich and glorious
For inside the light is our inheritance.
We are rich and glorious
Inside our hearts, soul and minds shine…
Shine
Shine God’s eternal light
Rich and glorious
For inside the light is our inheritance.
We are rich and glorious
Inside our hearts, soul and minds shine…
Shine
Shine God’s eternal light
2/9/20
STRAND no 680, any form, any theme Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand |
(inspired by verse Ephesians 1:18 )
Epiphany
Slowly shifting winds of time
Blow through the outstretched arms
Upon a hill
Held in silhouette
Against an evening sky
To set the steel bound soul of Everyman,
Trapped
Within the rising towers
Dotting the dreamscape
With visionary signature –
The line of hope to take from Time
Its darkness and it chill –
Spinning
With hypnotic rhythms
Bound away from all the other
Spinning towers,
Captured in Isolation’s grip
Upon the windswept
Barrenness
And deserted hills of twilight,
Hanging onto the Dream
To rise above the Valley glow
And cradle in the hollows
Fragile Beacons
With Lines to gird the flowing hills,
Not to notice the one bright Star
Suspended in
Epiphany
Above the twirling Men
Who only sense its presence
In their dreamless sleep
But seek to bring
Back to earth
Light Eternal
By their Hallucined
Dance.
Wind Farms – Altamont Pass
Lord, may the spirit of light emitted by these candles on display,
Be pleasing to You and Your heavenly hosts in every way.
May the petitioners who seek The Saint's guidance from Above,
Be rewarded with answers to their plea and Your enduring love!
May each of these feeble flames in our souls ignite,
A glowing blaze to uphold all that is just and right.
May the light that they emit be pleasing in Your sight.
We light them for You, our Creator, our Hope and Eternal Light!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(© All Rights Reserved)
5th Place in Carolyn Devonshire's
Spirits in Light Contest
I turn the lights a way down low;
pretend I hear the falling snow,
and in the flashing of a smile,
I wrap some presents for a while.
No child is in our home tonight.
The tree still glows with heavenly light,
as through the ages it has beamed
into mankind's Eternal Dream.
Janet Marie Bingham