Darkness

                            DARKNESS

I prefer to stay in darkness

To avoid the glare of others' eyes piercing mine

In darkness I need not touch me to know me 

The value of light I know then better.

The secrecy lies behind the darkness

Of the outer space baffles me to no end

I then wonder whether at some point

Will someone throw flashing light?

The shipman's tale of aurora

A rare phenomena of lights in the sky

Which he vouched to witness while sailing

Its veracity has given me food for thought.

Light when shines not removes darkness away

It just reveals what all darkness

Has in store, among the treasures 

There are some that shines on their own.

Just a backward glance can take

One from dark age to the present new

Those who threw light on the pathway

Are the ones who shine on their own.

Modern though, still we are in dark

Our ancestors efforts not match our deeds

Many a homes are lit by power

No power can dispel darkness of mind but by self.