A FLICKER OF LIGHT:sonnet--award winner

A FLICKER OF LIGHT:a sonnet--award winner


As in the darkness I grope and shuttle
From one faltering step to another,
What do I see there in the dark tunnel?
A flicker of light in a far corner.

What light is that coming as a godsend
In moments of pain and gloom and despair?
I struggle towards it across a bend,
On my lips an honest and fervent prayer.

I stumble on a stone but ere I fall,
In a pit deep and dark almost like hell,
The name of Lord my lips instantly call,
And He holds me, from His touch I can tell.

The perceptual thought He is with me,
Makes me resume with courage my journey.



* Awarded third prize in Write It! Monthly Challenge, "Invalid Item" , March 2007.

• Initially written as entry 493746 in the book FAITH, NATURE & INSPIRATIONAL, {item: 959448}. Posted as the present static item on 2 April 2007.


M C Gupta
9 March 2007