The Potency of the Light

Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash

Inspired by ‘The Weighing’ by Jane Hirshfield

Moments of joy -

Constellations splattered on a black canvas

How can such a minuscule swath of reality

redefine the whole?

The stars don’t complain about how much space is being occupied by darkness

They do what they were born to do

Without disclaimers

If the darkness would give me more room to do my thing, then I would really shine!

What does stardust yearn to weave

In the formation of a human body?

In the face of dizzying darkness

which appears to be an insatiable beast

What wavelengths can be transmitted?

In a manner that says,

I am doing what I was born to do

What if the best defense

is a strong offense

and the potency of the light 

generated from a giving place

is powerful enough to tip the scales of the universe

towards all that I know it was born to be

Without blaming the dark

or cursing the tiny platform I’ve been given

in this quaint corner of the cosmos

I have everything I need 

to transmit light

and even if it takes a billion years,

it will reach its destination.