Saturday, May 31, 2014

This Little Light Of Mine

I know why the caged bird sings


Do you -


Really?


This little light of mine


I know why we hide behind electronic devices


I’m gonna let it shine


There are prisons I've locked myself into


I try to fly but sometimes my wings feel too tired


I need to stretch them


Give them some practice


Let it shine


Let it shine


Let it shine


This little - little yes, I feel small


When I think of how tall I felt as a child I feel sad


I used to stand on my tip toes with outstretched fingers so my shadow would look even bigger


The shadow that seems to follow me everywhere


Why did Peter Pan ever want to find his shadow again?


Light cannot exist without darkness


What if that was a lie we tell ourselves?


A story to make us feel better about our darkness


I think light can exist with other light


Different shades of brightness


No one better than the other


I’m gonna let it shine


Shine until when?


When I leave this Earth?


This physical plane


This space of physicality and materials


I want to elevate, evolve to a plane of space


Emptiness


Where anything is possible


Where there is no end and no beginning to one individual thing because we are all everything


The source


The light


And the darkness


There is no difference


Only language that tells us so


This is where she is


Where she is waiting


For all of us


Let it shine


Let it shine


Let it shine


Thank you Maya for shining your light on us.

Your life though full felt brief as a candle's flame

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