I love our earth moon
she shines with ambient light
her job to guide us to sleep
with her quiet night bright
By day we need our star sun
Her energy and searching light
but come the evening dusk
we need dear moon's twilight
I'm a child of dark light
being a lunar girl suits me
calming souls in darkness
is my own true destiny
I'd rather be reflective
I'm happy to immerse
I'm just a little satellite
not center of the universe
(thank God)
we each have inside light
we can choose to shine or not
but it comes from on high
we tend to forget that a lot
We think we're alpha and omega
on us God should attend
Like we're gods and goddesses
When it's to Him we should bend
We let delusions blot our light
we get into mischief of all kinds
When we hog the glory and
get too big in our own minds
when God is in charge
the source, power and light
when we stop blocking him
he gets the job done right
my grandad loved a song
about letting lower lights burn
so sinking sailors find hope
when to that light they turn
God is the lighthouse
he's the mighty Fresnel lens
But our job's to light the shore
so boats find happy ends
I'm working to keep my
little birthday candle bright
It's better to start a spark
than curse the dark of night
The moon and me are pals
we each know our place
I'm happy to be the shadow
I'll let the sun light up space
Being a shadow is not bad
unless you're expected to be
just a reflection of other people
or a piece of property
I'll be moon to God's son
all day and all night
but I'll be damned if let them
ever again douse my fire light
So that's a contradiction
do I reflect or do I shine?
Well I think it's a bit of both
God's the big light and the little one's mine
Remember Stellaluna the bat?
her names explains the plight
Like her we all are
both moon and starlight
I'll shine on crazy diamonds
In bright night or dark day
I will glow where I am needed
But let God guide the way.
"Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" (Paul Phillip Bliss, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford)
"I see the moon and the moon sees me" Meredith Wilson
Stellaluna Janell Cannon
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