Light and Darkness

I saw light and darkness
Strolling side by side
on a dimly lit narrow path
Holding hands,
Laughing and crying together
I looked and looked again
Then I got mad,
Peeved and perplexed
at such an unholy blend
of night and day
Then came an old man,
A wrinkled wise chap,
"What ails you?" he asked,
And I told him my tale,
and showed him the twain.
But he chuckled and laughed
And said all was well,
But, I argued, it isn't so,
That this is not taught
In the big sacred scrolls
of Good and evil,
and of right and wrong. 
He laughed still,
And bid me to hold my peace
For in books and in schools
And from the eyes of blinds gurus
Day and night are miles apart
Good and evil stand afar
But in reality, the tale is different
For the two are never at war
And the two are but one,
Only differently dressed
Only differently named.
(c) Udeme Ralph, 2018

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