You Are My Light Poem by Leonard Dabydeen

You are my light,

my kindled lamp of guidance

like a twinkling star

at the mercy of a troubled night;

you take me closer and closer

to the manger of hopes

and dreams

where success rocks in a cradle

with satiating gifts

of gold, frankincense and myrrh.



My stumbling path,

though battered and bruised

in the nature of things,

keeps me hurrying along;

I am unmindful of stumbling stones

with my heart pulsating through my bones,

relentless in its pursuit

to reach for success.



And in the eye of my destiny

I will watch the vista

or the panorama,

with determination not to falter;

holding on to you

because you are my light

my kindled lamp of guidance

always and always.