Moon Shadow A poem inspired the "the" eclipse

Moon Shadow

(a poem inspired by “the” eclipse)

So the small light is to

cover the large

Is it nature’s parable

longing to eclipse

the growing darkness

in our midst?

We scream across our

many divides

words of mistrust and fear

that we so believe

because of the right

of our causes

Would it be that from

the rim’s light

of a day that is night

Might come some

new dawning of 

a day when love’s burning

would reveal a new

humility

So much we want to be right

that true listening

seems dimmed by

our blocked yet itching ears

So show us a way

O small light that covers-

In some mystical moment

of sun’s shadow

cast a vision

of new beginnings

for a people who

so often seem

in the dark

Then ancient words might

finally ring true-

“The people who walked in darkness

have seen a great light…on

them has light shined.”

O great God, eclipse us

with wisdom from

on high

For you created the great

and small light

Jody Seymour