Open To Us A Brighter Day Poem by Richard (Narad) Eggenberger

Open to Us a Brighter Day

Sorrow hid my soul in night
Grief, the bitter fruit of me
And all the woes of earth drew near
As I sat beneath the Banyan tree.
Laughter, music, beauty gone,
Hate and war and genocide
Engulfed the world and human tears
Formed rivers of pain when honour died.
The arts were made a mockery
Of twisted passions and human greed,
Lust ruled the continents of man
And sown in earth the demon seed
Flourished as evil's reign began.
There was no hope and few did hear
The voice of sages who could see
The end of darkness drawing near.
My offering not strong enough
I wept and prayed to no avail
But then I heard a flute-like sound
And knew creation would not fail
For One had come to lift again
The fallen spirit and to slay
The demon forces in their lair
And open to us a brighter day.