Light Eclipses Darkness

by Michael McNerlin Jr.

The darkness with its hand ever stretched out,

reaching, grasping to extinguish the light.

Stalking persistently it’s prey to rout,

till at last comes the perpetual night.

Its war it has waged from the dawn of time.

Since the Almighty spoke into the void.

Seducing souls with shifting paradigm,

till the final radiance is destroyed.

Seeking to smother the Light of the World,

all the forces of darkness were aligned.

Though limitless abyss on Him was hurled,

the Bursting Brilliance could not be confined.

Light shines into the darkness without sum—

darkness may try, but cannot overcome.

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Michael McNerlin Jr. is an emerging poet from the Jersey Shore. His work is rooted in the numinous and explores how profound theological truths manifest themselves in unexpected ways. His poetry has appeared in Amethyst Review. When he is not musing on how best to articulate the Summum Bonum, he is the grateful pastor of a small church in Wanamassa, New Jersey. He currently spends his nights holed up in his study working toward his first poetry collection.