GEMS IN THE DARKNESS – a sonnet

The Dark Night of the Soul can feel like a terrible place to be. But in fact it glows with light. It has been called “The luminous darkness.” It glows with light because it leads us ultimately to be united fully with the One True Source. The Light. It is a place of difficulty and adversity. But it leads us ultimately into a place of great light. Here is the poem, in the form of a Sonnet:-

The darkness flows into our mortal lives,
Unasked for, unexpected, sure it comes,
For the most part every one of us strives
To dispel that which now before us looms,
But as it beckons we must enter in,
Embracing it, not fighting its advent,
Fighting it will never help us to win
The fruits that grow within what has been sent,
Within the darkness gems are to be found,
And soon we will discover our true self,
To the things that hold us we will not be bound,
In letting go we find a greater wealth,
Only the darkness can deliver us
And make us free without incurring loss

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