The birth of light

They say that darkness gives value to light

for without the dark one cannot muster the will to fight

they sang songs of glory and wrote tales in stones with blood

of legends and heroes moving mountains while sinking in mud

they say that mankind lived in darkness for ages

survived a time when even history skipped to mention in its pages

dwelled in the dark for far too long

aching to claim a place wherein to belong

then light came to be at long last

the thirst for warmth and freedom flowed in their veins so fast

like a raging flood rage took over

paving the way for a new path away from their mind’s enclosures