Retain the Light

To screen the burning altar of the soul

We place investitures of form and face

Till all the strands of being coalesce

And ignorance disappears to leave no trace.

For long is the labour to weld a strength divine

From scattered bits and hard inconscient rods

Of being satisfied within itself

And ego who feels commensurate with gods.

A painful process seems the growth to light,

In love with darkness we run and scamp and hide

Fleeing the radiance that illumines our lives

Enamoured of hate and pushing God aside

We war on others and ever within ourselves,

With evasive manoeuvres keep the peace at bay,

Cover our ears to mute the word that heals

And shade our eyes from the great supernal ray.

Yet shall we wake to Supermind's descent

And peace that stills the ever-doubting brain,

Hear again the harmonies now mute

And in our bodies cells the Light retain.