-- A Gift of Darkness and Light -–

John Herlihy

I go silent whenever I feel the blues;

With troubles ahead, I must find a way to choose.

Fate takes us down roads with twists and turns;

We tread lightly but the sole of our feet burns.

As if someone has given me a gift of darkness,

I need to open the box to set forth its lightness.

In times of trouble, some people resort to idle chatter;

They think empty words will make them matter.

Other people resort to making themselves busy;

They think to forget, hoping to make life easy.

Others will go into a funk and simply brood;

Nothing they do can uplift their doleful mood.

For me, silence makes a way inside to find a place,

Deep within the soul, our own personal space.

A kind of box it is, where darkness may reside;

A kind of gift it be, when opened its light will abide.

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(c) John Herlihy 21 December 2018