Night
Julius Gingles
...the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalms 139:12 (NIV)
You are the owl of the night.
Your radiant beautiful eyes reflect a light that pierces through the darkness.
Why is it so hard for me to see what you see?
Why does life become as pitch-black as the hour I sit in?
But even at night, you guide me and instruct my heart
to rest under the protection of your wings and lie down in peace.
I would have been lost if not for your guidance through the darkest of nights.
You invite me into the protection of your armored wings,
Yet I am tempted to turn away from your embrace,
Sifting through your feathers for another glimpse of the dark…
But it never fulfills me.
Your embrace overpowers the grip of darkness
You always draw me back into the comfort of light
Reassuring me that the night is nearly over
And the day is almost here.
Julius Gingles is a sophmore concentrating in Middle Eastern Studies.
Weary Road, Hope McGovern '19
24 Fall 2019