Rachel: birthing Benjamin

Madeleine L’Engle

 

Fight the darkness. Fight.

Let the night not rise.

Push the shadows back

with tearless eyes.

Fight the darkness. Bright

is the loving heart

pierced by the sword of light,

thrusting the darkness back.

Let night not rise.

Fight the darkness. Start

the fear-filled fight.

Love is the one surprise

that startles the dark.

Heed not the certain pain.

Hold anger back.

Push the shadows apart.

Dark’s loss, light’s gain,

fight the darkness, fight,

let it not rise.

Nor fear the pain.

Follow the light

which cannot be understood.

Oh break, my heart,

fight the darkness. Fight.

But O my God I would

push the shadows back

until I see the child.

Love is the one surprise.

I struggle toward the bright

joy that ends the night.

 

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