Chiaro-oscuro

CHIARO - OSCURO
  Nothing is so broken
Dear friend
In this Godless world
That living n each heartbeat
Cannot fix
Cannot mend
Somehow
Some way
We all fight ghosts and demons
That carry us away
To places dark and deep
A shattered mind
A body turned to stone
A spirit lost and blind
A soul forsaken.

Yet
We endure Creation's imperfections
God's indifference
And what seems
Eternal moments of crucifixon
In a world chiaro oscuro
Never understading the mystery
Of Darkness
Filtered with golden light

We follow those generations
Who have gone before
Thousands of years
And more
Brief vignettes of pleasures
And
Pain
Living in a world chiaro oscuro
Longing for
Those magic moments of Life
Emeralds, rubies and diamonds
Sparks of fire
Clear and bright.