light has pierced the darkness

 

darkness for almost a half a decade

now a glimmer of light has pierced through

we must walk into the light and gather its

rays so when and if the darkness arrives again

we will not succumb nor let it take hold

 

tell our children the truth both orally and in writ

of how we turned our heads, closed our eyes

and we let the darkness take hold while many

of us sat in silence while some closed the blinds

to let the darkness in

 

once the darkness took hold our eyes closed

and we could not see the steps of the path

before us, we could not see our hands or the

faces let alone their souls of those who

closed the blinds

 

we must pass on this message to our children

so they can pass it on to theirs and they will

be the forbearers, the carriers of lighted torches

where darkness shall not again prevail