LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS / by Joe Castorino

The people are suddenly 

Caught in a stampede in

The Dark Night, frightened

And frozen by the invisible

Pack of phantoms who follow

Their wild-eyed leader,

Whose malicious black

Breath ravages the globe

With the stench of pestilence,

Whose powerful jaws 

Tear the sweet flesh of the

Innocents in the womb,

Whose bloody horns 

Twist and mangle the

True meaning of marriage;

But God hears the weeping

And wailing of His beloved 

Children, who cry out in pain

And suffering, imploring the

Father Forever to send His

Holy Spirit upon the world;

So the Dove of Divine Mercy

Descends upon our beloved 

Blue planet, circling it at the

Speed of Light, over and over,

And leaving in its wake a

Glorious halo of pure white

That burns through the grey 

Clouds of doom and despair;

The Beast sees the sign in the

Heavens and flees immediately,

Terrified, utterly terrified, at

The arrival of the Holy One.