Tuesday 3 April 2018

Glow in the Dark

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

[two people are discussing whether one can make a difference as an ‘ordinary person’ in influencing peace - a woman is lighting paper lanterns, a man is questioning her]


What can you offer in a situation like this? You are no diplomat! You know nothing of politics or economic realities that shape the decisions to wage war or bargain for peace! How can you even contemplate having an opinion about the future of this land? Who do you think you are? You are nothing! You are no-one!

Not to my husband.
Not to my child.
They love me.
   
What have they got to do with it? You are no-one. They are nothing.
  
But I know why people stand up and say No - for their children... for their land... for their home... what is peace to you? 
What is peace to those who negotiate? 
They go home to their safe houses. 
It is not their husband who will die in battle. 
It is not their child who will be homeless.

(Song - Intro)

I offer a reality check.
I focus the light on truth.
I remind people to open their eyes - to see beyond the storyboards.
I bear light because of the warmth of the baby I hold in my arms.
I behold a face full of tenderness, glowing with joy at being alive.
I hear laughter when I turn my glance and catch a glimpse of the breath of my breath - the life that came from within ...

Life might come from within - a spark of possibility...

In the darkness of their fears
They may turn to one with experience of life - of love - of hope
In the challenge of these anxious days
They may pray for offers of embrace - for comfort - for truce-time
If we buy but a day of calm, we may be one day closer to Heaven.

Anthem

I want to glow in the dark
Like the light in your eyes.
I want to bring out the spark
Of your words

I want to lift up your prayer
As a banner of hope
Let your story of life
Be our truth

I want to float on the vision of Heaven
I want to bless this great family’s soul
I want to join the collective of this earth
Let the story of life

Be our truth

Both voices
Like the stars in the Heavens
Our hearts proclaim praise
To the Truth and the Life and Belief. 
May we glow in the darkness 
To show the Way
On the path of the pilgrim... 


I want to glow in the dark
With bright light in my eyes .
I want to speak with a spark 
In my words

I want to lift up a prayer
As a banner of hope
Let the story of life
Be our truth

We want to float on the vision of Heaven
We want to bless this great family’s soul
We want to join the collective of this earth
Let the story of life

Be our truth
Choir
Like the stars in the Heavens
Our hearts proclaim praise
To the Truth and the Life and Belief. 
May we glow in the darkness 
To show the Way
On the path of the pilgrim... 

We want to float on the vision of Heaven
We want to bless this great family’s soul
We want to join the collective of this earth
Let the story of life

Be our truth


Chorale

Glow as the children of Heaven
Glow with the warmth of the thousand suns
Glow with the light of the Child in the night
Shining for Life yet to come

Darkness may try to engulf us 
Threaten to tear us apart. 
Hatred creeps up and confronts us 
Anger wells up from within.
Only the Light and the Love 
of Life can free us to be
those who

Glow as the children of Heaven
Glow with the warmth of the thousand suns
Glow with the light of the Child in the night

Shining for Life yet to come

C. A.Koh-Butler, 2018   

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