The Light

I saw it once

Twinkling

Coming and going

Fading in and out

Just beyond the darkness

Just beyond my reach

Just beyond 

It weaved in and out of the shadows

Coming and going

One moment here, the next slipping away

It played and danced among the distant trees

Shifting colors and shapes

Bright as the sun

I wanted to tell it, of its own glory

To make it see how bright I had seen it

Then it began to fade

To an undetectable dimness

But some part of it was still there

How I longed to make it shine again

To make it bright like it had once been

To watch it shine again

But I could do nothing

The light came from within

The dimming was a choice

And I could not choose for it.