A Psalm of the Night by Deborah Beach Giordano
Even the darkest night
is not dark at all,
but filled
with light:
a thousand
thousand
thousand
thousand
sparks; each a magnificent
creation, a unique
revelation, each singing
its gentle song;
a skyful of hymns, within
we each will find
echoing our own
heartbeat.
Not darkness: respite
from the glaring,
pitiless illumination
of sun-saturated day;
soft, cool, stillness,
descending
silent-winged,
vibrant with potential,
proclaiming peace.
Peace.
Peace I bring to you.
Radiant majesty
too beautiful to
behold with mortal eyes;
beyond all telling,
beyond our seeing,
All
embracing us
tenderly
disclosing
there is
no cause for fear.
Do not be afraid.
Even the darkness
is not dark
for You are there.