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The waters of the void lay still,
a dark glassy ocean reflecting a scene that tormented me to near insanity.
The reflection of the man I had become ran helpless from the clinging ghosts
of all my past selves.
In the distance raged a grim red aurora,
the fires those selves lit in the name of corrupt love,
my attempts at making a beacon of myself;
To shine my own light.
Attempts that threatened rather to burn me up completely,
leaving only darkness to take my place.
Tonight a calmer light than they has given me the courage to throw myself at that taunting sea before me,
recklessly diving into battle against my very reflections,
the ripples of my impact scattering and destroying that wicked image forever.

That tranquil glow has taught me also that even the most overwhelming darkness is still only the absence of light.
I find myself in awe of its source:
That gray rock which has stood for ages against the night sky,
mirroring the sun’s light to tell the darkness “Fear the dawn!
By morning the light reflected here will come in full glory,
and it will be the end of you!”

And I learned long ago not to make promises.
But, God, I am incomplete if I do not make just one more.
I swear here and now that my love shall never again be like a fire,
for fire burns and destroys.
I pray it may be instead that living spring which You promised,
dousing my flames of mindless passion for glory.
Glory is Yours alone.
I pray I may be as that pale moon I spoke of,
juxtaposed against the black to reflect the light of my Master
(of You, the eternal Sun!)
who will one day be the dawn…