Vanquishing Shadows, By Radiance Angelina Petro

Vanquishing Shadows

By

Radiance Angelina Petro

 

 

The only vital fact

we need to know

is death.

 

No matter our searching

for a relative place

in the world, there will

always be a sudden

turn downward—

a retreating and diminishing–

despite our insistences otherwise.

 

Try to remember:

Master thinks in light.

He promises newborn

suns and galaxies.

The way will be made

plainly visible.

 

Fear is real.

Our living in the caskets

of our bodies

is real.

 

He does not fault our fear.

There are no boundary lines

to his tenderness.

The soft play of his voice

is enough to vanquish

the shadow which

marks the spot.

Bridges are raised

with his every move,

and with one step inward

he rescues us, walks

with us to the other shore,

where death lifts

its broad wings and flies away

forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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