CANTICLE OF LIGHT AND DARK

I stand on the precipice of the universe.
Below me, the Abyss
Above me the Stars.
I lift my eyes
To find the Light to guide me
To show me the path.
But the Abyss widens,
Calls, beckons me to it.

I realize that where time and space intersect,
Darkness and Light wage their battles.
For here I am,
Just one small creature
In the vastness.
I stand between the darkness and the light.
Between the candle and the stars.
Between what was and what can be.

I cry out for help,
For one ray of Hope
To lead me on my .
What I realize,
Is that
It is I
Who must make the choice.

For it is far better to light one candle
Against the darkness,
To walk between the flames
Of fury and deceit,
Than to become a gray shadow
Caught in the arms of Despair.