To speak of LIght

 

To speak of light,

to speak of love,

is not to deny dark or dread,

nor naively trust the heart

whose capacity for cruelty

is born to our eyes

with banal regularity.

 

No, we speak because

they alone will save us

as we turn again, and again,

to what lies behind

the shredded illusions

of our time.

And not only speak,

but live and act

and be,

until we, too, disappear

as radiance

drenching hidden seeds

to risen life.

2-4-2021

©Diane Pendola