Random Act of Metaphor: A Heavenly Host of Dancing Light

Hmmm, is there an encoded message in those million flickers of dazzling light dancing on the pond on this clear, crisp December morning?

I have a high angle view of this striking scene from my 18th floor apartment window. Sunlight is animating the surface of the pond bringing it to life as if a heavenly host of fireflies have gathered there to dance and frolic.

When I stare intently at this dance of light, some of the ecstatic flickers appear to be inverted Vs. If I could focus my awareness there awhile longer, perhaps I might detect other letters and eventually words, sentences and paragraphs.

It seems entirely possible that there is an encoded message waiting there for me to decipher. A precious secret to the meaning of life and where within that pageant I belong. Perhaps it has always been there and always will be. The limitation is mine. A lack of vision and second sight that impairs my understanding.

This much I know. I must be open to the possibilities. My mind, my heart, my soul must be an open door to that which I do not yet see but may someday be blessed enough to perceive.

Dancing light like a heavenly host of fireflies – a random act of metaphor for the necessity to believe that there is much more to know that what I at first glance see.

~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of "Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel" – double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael's website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com or the novel online companion at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog.

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