Let It Shine

This lamp I light, this luminosity,
Is more than just the agent of my sight.
It is the light itself that I would see –
A world within itself, complete and right,
A tiny touch of immortality –
This globe that at my touch from dark turns bright
To shine for life, however brief that be.
And as I fill this empty globe with light,
I’d fill my soul. I’d shine eternally.
So come, my lamp, to star the inner night.
O let my time, whatever waits for me,
Be now and not to come. However slight
Its touch, let some eternal light be mine.
And let my light shine. Let it shine. Let it shine.