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You Are the Light

YOU ARE FRACTURED LIGHT.
I AM IN THE DARK, OUT OF SCHOLARLY SIGHT
STANDING IN YOUR LIGHT
MY DARKNESS BURNS INTO THE BRIGHT
OF THE MOST BRILLIANT OF DAYS.
DAYS OF KNOWLEDGE
DAYS OF EXISTENTIAL COMPREHENSION
DAYS OF MONUMENTAL EXPRESSIONISTIC INTERPRETATION.

YOU ARE MY RIGHT
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
TO LOVE WITH THE HOPE OF
A BURNING SUN
THAT SCRAPES THE
DARKNESS CLEAN
OF THE DIRTY STARS
THAT BUILD OVER TIME
AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LIGHT

YOU ARE THE LIGHT THAT BURNS
MORE BRILLIANT THAN THE CANDLE’S END
THAT SLOWLY STOPS FULL IN THE DARKNESS
WAITING FOR THE RIGHT
TO ONCE AGAIN BE THE LIGHT.
THE LIGHT OF LIGHTS.
THE LIGHT OF DARKNESS
THE LIGHT OF SCHOLARLY SIGHT
THAT NEVER LOSES ITS EXISTENTIAL INSIGHTS.
OF LIGHT’S EPHEMERAL MIGHT.

YOU ARE THE LIGHT.
THE LIGHT OF LOVE.
ITS ALWAYS BURNING.
ITS ALWAYS BRIGHT.
ITS ALWAYS THE LIGHT OF SIGHT.

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By Jeffrey L. H. Naylor

Retired Professor of Literary Criticism/Philosophy/History. Retired USAR Lieutenant Colonel. Father of six.

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