Darkness And Light Poem by Mduduzi OneMind

Snatched from a dream, were I began to lose my breath. I was in a state of between life and death. Taken to a place of observant, seeing the daily activities of men and women, animals and trees.

A sudden feeling of unsympathetic surrounded my presence. With a voice of discomfort that filled my heart with anxiety. My knees disconnected, and before I could smash the ground, I was lifted to turn around.

Me: who are you? I questioned the invisible energy that later made itself perceptible.

Darkness: I am the birth of fun, joy and happiness. Do not fear me as you were taught to fear the one known as the living God. Relax and breathe.

Me: why are you here? Don`t just fold your arms; take me to the place you found me.

Darkness: sit or stand still, there are things we need to deliberate.

Me: such as what?

Darkness: such as this, why your father perished before you could even properly utter his name. The reason why he is gone, leaving you behind in disagreement and shame.

Me: it was time, anyone living or being born in this world is destined to die. But I have a real father, the creator of us all and everything.

Darkness: where is he now? You mean the one who let your father to be tortured by sickness before sending the angel of death to take his life, just as he did to the sons of Egypt. Look at your time; you had to propagate as an orphan even though you claim to have a living father.

As Darkness was uttering, speaking in spiritual tongues. I saw a light coming straight from heaven to meet with our presence. I asked who he was, as I heard a tone of lions roaring out of his mouth.

Light: I am the one sent from above. My name is One Mind the servant of the Supreme Being. I am sent to make the truth known to you before the end of time.

Darkness: look at him; he is the cause of your anguish and everyone living in this world. I used to bow down just to pray for peace. And all I got was hostilities that led to the showers of blood. He killed my people with earthquakes and didn`t bother to prevent the tsunami that attacked Japan.

Darkness: being furious, remember at the beginning of creation, before you humans were created, our leader the beautiful morning star which you now call the Devil. He used to work for him; he was one of the sacred beings standing on his right hand side. But he repaid us by banishing us out of the seventh heaven. Then he threw us in the pit of the earth, imprisoning us with pure darkness and flood. This took place before he summoned the Light, before the water was turned to separate the sky.

Darkness continued to speak about he bring pleasure to human beings, all the fun and entertainment being done in the darkness. The freedom for humans to choose for themselves like it Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden. And God punished them for making a choice; there is no free will under his wings. I swear this God is evil, that's what Darkness said.

I listened to and felt like my head was about to crack. I was blaming God for everything, questioning that why he allow rapists and killers to be born from the first place if He can just stop the whole birth from taking place. And then Light emerged.

Light: listen human, God is good and God is great. Almighty powerful and yet His grace allows us to live in hope that someday we might become what he intended us to be. He can end everything now from planet to planet and then create a new generation of living beings, and yet He is being merciful towards us.

Light: He shows kindness and love. You see this darkness, is the reason of starvation, poverty and suffering. Because of darkness, Cain murdered his brother and became the first human to kill. That's darkness that turned Adam and Eve to sin. It deceives and mislead many of God`s people just to satisfy its lust. Many things that humans see as fun, are being done in darkness, and that`s how some disease get to spread. Happiness has nothing to do with intoxication or any other form of material.
Light continued to speak, saying human being, better listen carefully. The God is approaching, the suffering and sadness will soon become no more. Stay trusted to God, even if your friends and family die, do not worry, God does take care of His own.

The Light said many things and his last words were, endure to the end without letting the troubles of this world change and swallows the Light inside you. Remember, you are the light to this world.