An Ode To Light and Dark
07/01/2023
By True Hoffman
I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. How come the dark can capture light? It's always bent my brain. When you switch a lamp off, it all seems cold and strange. And if you turn the lamp back on, light captures dark the same.
When I was young, I'd always wonder where the moon would go, as the sun would take its place and befriend me with a glow. What slept behind the curvature of earth and stars beyond? Would I solve this mystery before I'm dead and gone? I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. How come love can capture hate and wash away the pain? For when you hate a soul, the love it runs away in shame. And if you turn the love back on, the hate is locked in chains.
One morning on a summer day, the sun was orange and gold. The moon was right beside it, shining bright in blue and bold. Now tell me this, what light will shine when both of them pass on? I just hope our hearts will glow enough to see the dawn. I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. If sadness is a burden, then is happiness the same? Perhaps it's not these things that keep the joys of life from us. Maybe it's a lack of self that's broken our own trust. If magic only comes when a rabbit leaves a hat, if worth is only there when a soul buys this or that, if you're looking for a gift to match what you have gave, then I'm sure you're filled with selfishness, and I hope you learn to change.
If time is short and you don't know when breath will leave your lungs, be careful with the words that leap so quickly from your tongue. If memory means everything and moments are worthwhile, then you'll never be without a light whenever someone smiles.
I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. Light and dark are always here, like embers to a flame. They flicker in and flicker out; they do this as you age. So go and fight the darkness, for the light is yours to claim.
I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. How come the dark can capture light? It's always bent my brain. When you switch a lamp off, it all seems cold and strange. And if you turn the lamp back on, light captures dark the same.
When I was young, I'd always wonder where the moon would go, as the sun would take its place and befriend me with a glow. What slept behind the curvature of earth and stars beyond? Would I solve this mystery before I'm dead and gone? I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. How come love can capture hate and wash away the pain? For when you hate a soul, the love it runs away in shame. And if you turn the love back on, the hate is locked in chains.
One morning on a summer day, the sun was orange and gold. The moon was right beside it, shining bright in blue and bold. Now tell me this, what light will shine when both of them pass on? I just hope our hearts will glow enough to see the dawn. I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. If sadness is a burden, then is happiness the same? Perhaps it's not these things that keep the joys of life from us. Maybe it's a lack of self that's broken our own trust. If magic only comes when a rabbit leaves a hat, if worth is only there when a soul buys this or that, if you're looking for a gift to match what you have gave, then I'm sure you're filled with selfishness, and I hope you learn to change.
If time is short and you don't know when breath will leave your lungs, be careful with the words that leap so quickly from your tongue. If memory means everything and moments are worthwhile, then you'll never be without a light whenever someone smiles.
I'd like to take a moment just to think about some things. Light and dark are always here, like embers to a flame. They flicker in and flicker out; they do this as you age. So go and fight the darkness, for the light is yours to claim.