THE LABYRINTH
By
-Daniel-
©
Though we be apart,
we are but a heartbeat away.
I have come to share a Truth
upon this blessed day.
Unto the darkness did I awake,
lost within the vast caverns of Life's Labyrinth;
and sore afraid was I,
for I could not find my way
through the blackness of this maze,
back to the Light that shines from On High...
Utterly alone and despondent,
when through my falling tears did
I see a glimmer of the dawn;
and I resolved to follow this light,
that I might find my way back from whence
I had come.
Stumbling through the darkness did I make my way,
blinded to all but that one small speck of hope
forever twinkling unto my eyes.
And as I journeyed forth with my thoughts transfixed
upon the light that could not be denied,
did I hear a voice quietly say...
"You are going the wrong way."
But I refused to believe that my eyes deceived,
for I could see the light while the phantom's voice
remained hidden within the shadowy corners of my dream.
So, deeper and yet deeper into the labyrinth did I descend,
forever following the light that promised to lead
me to my journey's end
and all the while the voice would quietly say...
"You are going the wrong way."
But I shut my ears to that warning cry,
pressing on though the way was as cold as death...
deeper, ever deeper did I stumble into Life's Labyrinth.
And then I stood at the bottom of the abyss,
where the Pool of Tears did forever lie
and I stared into its reflective depths
and came to know the awful truth of why.
I had been deceived into believing that I had followed the light
when it was only a ghostly reflection that shone forth unto my
eyes;
and in my sorrow did I behold the face of the deceiver,
laughing back from his Pool of Tears
and I saw that it was only me who had wasted all my years.
I cried unto God...
"Oh what have I done?
Show me where I went astray."
And again I heard that still, small voice...
"You were going the wrong way."
For the first time did I turn to behold the source of the light
I had sought so hard to gain
and there appeared before my eyes the angel of my soul,
and the Light from which we came.
And unto the angel I did most sorrowfully say...
"Why, oh why, did you allow me to deceive myself,
when, all the while, you knew the way?"
But the angel answered...
"The greatest gift bestowed upon man
is of his own free will.
Forever are you free to lead the way,
knowing not to where you go,
or...
you may turn to follow me
up from the depths of thy own hell.
Every step you ever took now must be retraced,
For every wrong that you have done there is a price to pay.
You must undo each trespass in thought, in word and deed
if you so choose to face the Light, desiring to follow me.
The way is hard to those once blind,
as the Light shall make you see
the pain that you had once inflicted
doeth now belong to thee."
I took my angel by the hand, asking that he lead the way
and I vowed that the debts I owed would gladly be repaid...
for once upon a time this foolish man was blind,
but now could truly see...
that my Guiding Light could only shine as I turned to face
the reality of me.