The Light of the World

I am the light of the world -

the bright, white light of the world.

Shine me, please,

through prisms of poetry,

dewdrops

and raindrops,

moonbeams and mist,

Shine me bright

through darkness,

through night,

make me rainbows

and moonbows,

sunrise and sunset,

sunlight and starlight and moonlight...

The world is not black and white

and white light

is every colour of the rainbow.

You are the light of the world -

the bright, white light of the world.

Shine, if you will,

through prisms of poetry,

dewdrops

and raindrops,

moonbeams and mist,

Shine bright,

through darkness,

through night,

be rainbows

and moonbows,

sunrise and sunset,

sunlight and starlight and moonlight...

The world is not black and white

and you

can be -

and see -

every colour of the rainbow.

By Ruth Calder Murphy

Painting:“Sunshine Harvest” by Ruth Calder Murphy

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