In the deep blue ocean of night.
Drift upon the surface.
Do not sink.
Be the Light!
For the universe is vast and dark,
And primarily the same.
So be the rare…
Light a spark!
Be the sun which radiates bright,
And lights the way through time.
Choose goodness.
Do what’s right.
Be the Light.
Be the Light!
K. Aldaya, 7/20/23
Picture: By: Vladimir Kondratyev on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/aYCNRZX-1uc
Knock me down…I’ll be stronger still.
You can’t stop an idea,
Or the human will,
To stand against tyranny,
And to do what is right.
I stand for the truth,
And rise to the fight.
Push me back…I’ll stand and return.
No, you can not stop me.
It is my concern!
For wherever evil dwells,
I’ll shed new light onto.
You can not stop light,
Even in the darkest night,
It shines right on through.
K. Aldaya, 2/5/23
Picture: From Firefly; https://akb723.tumblr.com/post/150316024434/singfromthehair-no-power-in-the-verse-can-stop
Evil urgently seeks validation:
“Come hither, join,…agree,”
And grasps to near suffocation,…
Human souls, so desperately.
While Good needs no validation at all,
And ‘lone stands resolute.
For human hearts all know the call,
Of the morally absolute.
So stand alone…proud and strong. Do what’s right!
Strength is not in numbers,
Rather it’s in the Brightest Light,
To which darkness writhes and cowers.
For evil depresses,…
Good empowers.
K. Aldaya, 1/20/23
Picture: By Hofmann Natalia on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/lxrkrBx-c_o
I sat in the darkness,
All alone and unarmed.
For decades I cried,
While my soul was harmed.
No light could be seen,
From without or within,
‘Til I let go of the story,
That I’m born of man’s sin.
My soul then burst forth,
With the Light of God’s Love,
Radiant and Bright,
As I looked up above.
Humans kept me in dark,
And I’d be there still,
If I’d listened to their theories,
On God and His Will.
I went straight to the source,
And my soul lit the night.
I told the truth that I’d carried,
Knowing it was what was right.
Yes, I refused to stay,
Out of sight…Out of mind.
I am not a phantom,
For you to leave behind.
I am a human.
A child, just like you.
I’m a child of Light,
And so are you.
You do not belong here.
This place is not home.
This life is but struggle,
Yet, wherever you roam,
The Light is there…
For it is your own.
K. Aldaya, 1/16/23
Picture: By Julia Caesar on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/3-3k_sYEJ1s
I’ve begun to love the stillness,
And the silence of containment,
In the temple I have built,
Adorned in golden raiment.
Where, ceaselessly, I pray for peace,
As gleaming rays consolidate,
The walls of primitive hope,
Against those who infiltrate.
For countless forces are at work,
Seeking chaos and subversion.
Scorning the Light of union,
For darkness and perversion.
While I do bear broad concernment,
Nonetheless, I pray hour by hour.
Vigilant, though reassured,
That discernment wields power.
K. Aldaya, 12/1/22
Picture: By Hassan Ouajbir on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/NfONQWO3qzU
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