It Is Better To Illuminate Than Merely To Shine – Thomas Aquinas
Time and distance from my youth
Coerce my attention,
Ever less subtly,
To the receding hours yet ahead.
More time taken
From there to here,
Than left remaining
From here to there.
Movements slowing,
Memories fading,
So pausing, now,
More often
To breathe, to think,
To live, to love.
Mindful that wisdom,
Never spontaneous,
Appears not just with the passage,
But with a skeptical eye,
A focused thought,
A fearless heart.
And as the body yet fades,
The spirit now awakens,
Absorbing the words, the lessons,
The compassion of the saints,
All those who have walked before me.
Though with fewer chances left
To pass them on to the ones
Whose first steps are yet to come.
Still, I remain determined to find,
Within each minute,
Time enough to illuminate
And not merely to shine.
Peace
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