Invitation to Poetry

I love coming across creative blogs.  Here is one inviting others to co-create in a unique way;

http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/04/14/invitation-to-poetry-illuminated-from-within/

There you will find this picture along with an invitation to write a poem in response to the theme, Illuminated from Within.  Below is my attempt to do so. 

Illuminated from Within

I was given no choice in the matter
you who say I create my own reality.
I was fine, thank you very much,
in the deep dark
where my life was comfortable, secure.
Sure there were cold days, wet days,
and days when uninvited guests passed by;
the grub, the colony of ants, an occasional ground hog.
Even so, life was predictable, or so I thought.
One day, out of nowhere, everything turned upside down.
An urge so unbelievable, so irrational, so illogical,
took hold of every cell in my being.
Next thing I knew I was moving,
slowly at first, until I was moving faster and faster.
Imagine the fear when out of the deep dark
a great light appeared.
I don’t understand how or when or why
this light merged;
enveloping, incarnating, illuminating
every fiber of my being until
all I could do was laugh, shine, play,
and ride the urge to
open fully and expose the beauty within.

Comments

[Abbey of the Arts]

Tawny, thanks so much for your participation in this week's Poetry Party! You offer some wonderful images here, and I adore the last lines. Blessings to you, Christine

[Kelly]

Just beautiful!! THank you-