Darkness Foiled

Unbeknownst to many of us…

You shadowed our adolescence,
As our own journey of mind tried to reach into the past
Where prickly pears gazed fondly
At history’s often difficult understanding.

Was it fear of ignorance our affliction?

Did your teachings hover above as we connected
Felines purr to sunlight's ray
Ever mindful fear comes in daylight
As well?

Today…

We climbed the rocks beyond that marked “inaccessible,”
Listened for ancient echoes you discovered and shared
With often whispered synthesized stories,
Some of joy,
Many of sorrow,
Most of discovery and wonder,
All part of a day's ticking time,
Waiting out tomorrow.

How vigilant your tenacity,
Knowing light was dimming,
Even as many deaf-mind’s curiosity chose to pull the covers
High across eyes refusing to hear and accept.

Still…

Some of us smiled,
Willing to stumble through our intellects many limitations,
Always willing to keep open the door,
Questions forever ready for answers.

There must be reason
Air floats endless mantras
Sustaining the butterfly aloft,
Rendering wings motionless,
Nature’s gravitational message
Reminding us that your final shadow
Has determined to venture into new cosmic mysteries,
Leaving behind your levitating spirit,
Forever in reach if we will but
Imagine the unimagined,
That revealing light within,
Forever aglow…

Patiently waiting,
Knowing darkness can be foiled.