Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Light

Light

When it came at first beginning
Earth was dark confused and shapeless
Not a spark of life was showing
Emptiness and joyless darkness
Showed unto the Spirit’s brooding.

Oh let light burst upon creation!
Let light shine and dispel darkness
Let the plants grow upward to it
Let the joy of life be waking!

Light was born and all creation
Stretched and grew in wild profusion
Trees and vines and flowers fruiting
Making homes and making fodder
Paradise for all things living.

Now alas the light is fading
Mankind sunk in cruel fighting
Selfish, grasping, money seeking
Pushing, pulling, power hungry—
Powerful men the weak enslaving.

Oh let light burst upon creation!
Let light shine and dispel darkness
Let our spirits reach up to it
Let compassion be awoken!


Let us learn to love each other
Learn forgiveness—know the blessing
Comes from giving not from getting
Let us help the lost and lonely,
House the homeless, feed the hungry.

Oh let light burst upon creation
May it be the earth’s salvation.

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