The Light That Never Dies
Poem excerpted from ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love and recited by Aberjhani on Grits.com Radio in interview with literary host Marlive Harris and artist Luther E. Vann.
And now we step
to the rhythm of miracles.
The time of light is upon us
like dusk
pillowing its weary gray
head
upon the pearl-gray
shoulders of mountains.
Having known our souls too
intimately
grief turns away now
like a false lover burned
too severely.
The naked sentry
of a single true integrity
salutes the bold unfurling
of dignity’s simple flag.
Fear crawls into the shadows
of the damned and wretched.
Peace blossoms like
moonlight.
In the depths of a night
steaming and fetid with
blood
men and women stand strong
together,
their eyes dancing among the
saints,
their hearts singing for the
angels.
by Aberjhani
From ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love