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Flicker

All the world it reels, it splits

Behold, such strange and sullen clouds--

Storms whirl and whine through dismal days

Tired poison falling down.

My eyes, my eyes

So sick to see

Iniquity and shame

Dressed in glamour, glint and fire

Men mock the Holy Name.

Wandering and praying

Longing for that sky

Where sapphires under gird the throne

And love rules true and high.

My heart regards the living Word

And He who shines within

Who turned my howling fear to peace

And washed me of my sin.

In these earthen casks we wonder

At the eternal weight of light

That warms and glows, in you, in me

To strengthen, in this night.

--Abby Elizabeth Charland

Matthew 5:14-16 King James Version

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

--Jesus Christ