Light and Dark

Every night it is always the same.  

Always there.  

Always half and half.

There are times this shadow haunts me….and there are times I think nothing of it.

Tonight…it haunts.

I look at it and wonder if the darkness will overtake the light.  

Will the shadow continue to creep over and consume the entire cross (everything true and good)?

Does it represent the constant battle between light and dark (good and evil)?

Will that same darkness overcome me?  

Will I be consumed with the earthly desires of my past?

And why do I not look at it and see the light trying to overcome the darkness?

Why don’t I envision the light defeating all that is dark and untrue?

Perhaps it’s because I am human.  

Or maybe it's because I sin.  

Or is it because I must intentionally choose to be good when everything around me tells me that it’s okay to be bad.  That I must intentionally make that choice hundreds of times a day.

I'm really not sure.

Most likely it means nothing at all.

Perhaps it just the placement of a cross on a wall.

The placement of a light in a room.

Perhaps it's just a matter of light and dark.