“I am the Light” Poem by Laura Lane

I am the Light

blazing down on the desert sand

glowing florescent at the bottom of the ocean

filling the night sky as a canopy of little diamonds

I am as tiny as a firefly

and as powerful as a laser beam

I flood the stage with colour

and gently peek through the clouds

I prompt the birds to sing, warm the earth and wake the flowers

I gaze shyly over the horizon during the northern yuletide

I dry out the creek beds at the peak of the drought

I am …the aurora borealis dancing across the northern sky

the eerie calm that peers through as the eye of the hurricane

the torch creating puppeteer shadows on bedroom walls

the rainbow of colours reflected over the waterfall

the lightening that strikes during thunderous summer storms

I keep the children awake on summer evenings that seem to last forever

I warm the sunbathing kitten in windowsill

and dry the fresh laundered clothes on the line

I brighten the face of the moon and can be seen in the flicker of the candle

I tan your skin and bleach your hair

I am the sunrise and the sunset

I am the Light