Looking to Light

And if we die achieving not the goal

That lured us from our deep and distant sleep,

The important thing - to love while we have breath

And wonder in our hearts at simple things

And gratitude for the vision she instilled

By a power beyond our human littleness.

Touching now the twilight of our lives

A prayer unfolds around the wisp of soul

That beacons to the parent signal light,

A call for deeper depths and higher heights,

For offering's increase and waning needs,

To still the mind, to calm the vital pulse

Surrendering to That which brought us forth

From the seas of sleep descending here to earth,

And how the spirit yearns for swift release

From error and the vagaries of mind

To fill our days with prayer and thankfulness

Looking to Light and the Divine embrace.