Illumination

||the light knows not

if it's dispelling darkness 

or shining bright 

as an accomplice to a crime.||

||the light is ignorant 

if it's ushering warmth 

or blinding the eyes

to distract one from their aim.||

||the light cares less 

if it enlightens someone 

or sparks a forest fire 

through a piercing ray off

a dewdrop's eye.|| 

||light does what it's meant to do -

for lightyears since darkness

and light parted as day and night.

to rise and shine on till 

the day's end, setting.||

||perhaps, light only bends 

to the human spirit,

a boon or a curse,

it let's us -

we, the frail and the mortal,

humans decide.||

-amit charles 

Image courtesy: Yogesh Mokashi