Out of Darkness into Enlightenment

 

The darkness of conformity stifles mind and soul

It drains even a flicker of life as uniformity holds sway

There is no fertile growth as seeds perish in the earth

No amount of water gives light to the void

 

Darkness is the cloak which enwraps itself around us

Ideas lay dormant or die unless the light shines

Fear thrives in the portals and shadows of prejudice

Ignorance abhors the brilliance of free thought

 

Darkness itself was one great fear, the light

The light, even the glimmer of a votive candle

can expose and fragment the inky darkness

Darkness is the vestment of deception

 

Darkness, the temptress seduces the frustration of ambition

It has the power to oppress and control

to limit, to restrict and deny vision

It is the landscape of stagnation, a prelude to death

 

The candle of incipient light is the enemy of darkness

as it stimulates life, love and freedom

A greater light can banish darkness

in its entirety to liberate and expose all wrong

 

Out of the darkness a guiding ray of light

leads forward brave souls to embrace individuality

The light stimulates originality of thought

with a spirit of adventure and liberation

 

Out of darkness we discover knowledge

enlightenment which eradicates hatred and prrjudice

Out of darkness the sun searches out the shadows

Then the power of darkness is vanquished