Daniel Boerman

darkness and light

The darkness, present at the beginning,

hung heavily as an oppressive

blackness over the restless waters.

Was this impenetrable expanse

the necessary foil for

the first appearance of light—

that gleaming explosion of brightness,

the instantaneous burst of energy

that sent the darkness reeling,

powerless to resist this glowing dawn?

Light beams and reflects,

it warms and gladdens and empowers

while darkness only cowers in retreat.

Darkness has no active power,

its only threat is passive,

it advances only when light retreats,

it can be transformed,

but it can never transform.

When the infinite Light

appeared in person on earth,

the darkness could not resist it.

Darkness could not reply.

Darkness was always a question

waiting for a final answer.

the vision

Like the waters of a small stream

trickling over sand and pebbles,

her words flow smoothly,

emerging graciously from her lips,

each word cherished and precious,

each expression thoughtful and kind.

Lively and deeply resonant,

like the waters of the river

cascading down a mountainside,

his words fill the room and

arrest everyone’s attention,

provoking deep reflection.

With voices varied, yet unanimous,

God’s saints speak One Truth

into the frenzied chaos

of competing propagandas,

proclaiming One God, One Savior,

One Way. Then we all,

confessing our hidden hypocrisies

and forsaking our selfish agendas,

fall on our knees

to embrace the One Righteousness

that will One Day cover the entire land

as the waters now cover the seas.