Tag: Light

Backlit Cloud

Backlit cloud
frames the swirling darkness
where  anxieties stumble
against uncertainties.
These are futile times.
confusing, bewildering, painful:
it seems too much to bear.
Burdens collide in a nonsense world
of emptiness, selfishness and lies –
forces beyond our control.

Backlit cloud
shows us to turn and look another way
opening a new direction.
The light comes from within –
divine light from God
who dwells in us where
the Kingdom begins,
and calls us to turn our gaze outwards.

We  are to edge darkness with light,
conquering despair with hope;
called to embrace and heal the world, 
drenching all with love –
ourselves the back light
given by God.

[Mr G 16th October 2022]

Equinox

Equinox in Cumbria. This photo, sent to me by my friend Gill Henwood, celebrates the autumn equinox.

This is when the earth tilts on its axis by about 23.4 degrees. During the autumn equinox, the Southern and Northern Hemisphere trade places in receiving the amount of light and warmth from the Sun. This results in the change of the seasons. Hence we begin to celebrate Autumn

NIGHT

Shadow movements
hug and cloak the earth
with crepuscular furtiveness.
Inky blackness shuts out
Light.

There are those who draw breath,
embracing stillness;
though for others
night is a time of phantoms, fears,
emptiness.
Not all welcome the changing hues.

But wait!
for that tipping moment
when pinprick stars merge
with a sky-streaked dawn.
Darkness always becomes Light,
Shadows always turn the world.
Light always needs darkness
for it to dazzle anew
with a radiance so bold,
our spirits soar.

GC August 15th 2018