Just Brighten the Corner Where You Are

You are just a candle affixed in your space

So let your light shine that others may trace

Its beam as it lights just near not far

Just brighten the corner where you are.

You worry about lights much brighter than you

You fret and you grumble all the day through

Wondering if perhaps your light could be made new

No! Just brighten the corner that belongs to you.

But he has a long light and mine’s too short 

And she has a pretty one but mine is a wart

Your light’s not for comparing to the light that is mine

Just stop your grumbling and let your light shine.

Lights are all different I am sure you can see

Like those you find on the Christmas tree

But each one has its purpose I am sure you agree

As it lights its little corner much to our glee.

  

There are the reds, the blues, the yellow and gold

Each one painting a picture beauteous to behold

Simply being itself, that’s its intent and goal

Just brightening its corner it adds to the whole.

As you look back on your accumulated days

Your light should have shone in so many ways

But that’s behind you now and the future’s to come

Remember in your own corner you are the only sun.

No one else can light your corner only you

You are your own light believe me that’s true

If your corner be dark you are to blame

You didn’t shine your light and that’s a shame.

But all is not lost for there’s opportunity again

It’s like the sun that peeps out after the rain

Now you have another chance to let your light shine

Just brighten your corner and all will be fine.

  

There are lessons to learn and much work to do

There is a job on hand for every one of you

If you just brighten the corner not far just near

You’ll find there’s not more on you than you can bear.

So brighten the corner like the star you are

Just brighten the corner that’s near not far

Brighten your corner as only you can do

Brighten your corner is all that is demanded of you.

Stewart Russell © 2012