Light
Once the light has been revealed to you
it is inescapable
you open your eyes and there it is
filing into you
but you still blink
and you look away
you even close your eyes
but the image will stay.
You may decide that you want
to hide from what asks
only that you see it
and allow it to guide you.
Never despair, for even the blind
will know the light
by the description of another,
and regardless of whether you even decide
to allow the light inside
it will always touch you,
and you will always know it is there.
J. F. Goeltz