A Little Light

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A Little Light

-by Mikki Brain

In that dark, lonesome place

between a dream dreamed

and a dream realized,

I have left a little light for you

so you will know that someone cares

and believes in your dream.

Just where it becomes the most dark

and difficult to find your way,

there is the light I left for you.

it will light your way through the doubt,

the confusion, and the fears.

It will stay with you all the way

to the realization of your dream.

And when your dream has come true,

please go back to that darkest place

where you have been,

and set the little light there

to give heart to the next trembling soul

that braves the path to its dreams.

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(a poem from a book given to me by my dad)

"Jesus said, 'I am the Light' "

-John 8:12

Crossing

"See the salvation of the Lord...The Lord will fight for you...Go Forward."

-Exodus 14:13-15

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Fears, like Pharoah's army

Following hard on my heels

Former bedfellows bearing down

Beseiging my Exodus

Out of darkness, into Light

Deign to release me from their ravenous reach

Bidding me bow down

and bear their burdens as before

But this Way You made

Where there was no way at all

Was carved for my crossing

Not theirs

With all my will

I refuse

The Pillar of Salt Paralysis

of Looking Back

of buying into the bluff

of caving to these captors

Slavery no longer suits me

The shackles of those shores cannot hold me

I am being fitted for Freedom

and Brand New Day

Beckoning

Just ahead...

...I move forward on dry ground

as behind me an army drowns.

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-E.A.A. "Hindsfeet" 6/11/11