ROBERT GIBBS

Robert Gibbs is a retired United Methodist minister living in Tallahassee, Florida. In retirement he has revived his love of reading and writing poetry. He was awarded third place in the Southern Shakespeare Sonnet Contest in 2020 and one of his poems will be included in the 2021 edition of the Seven Hills Review.

LESSER LIGHT

(“God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and stars.”  Gen. 1:16)

Who’s to say what is less, what is more?

God said, “Let there be light.”

More and less, for day and night.

Less is more, more or less.

We give more when we keep less.

We live more fully when less full.

We are more ourselves when less than others.

Who’s to say what is more, what is less?

A great lake rippled by a single pebble?

A German wall crumbled one blow at a time?

A Black woman staying in the front of the bus?

A mountain moved by a mole-hill faith?

Lesser lights illumine the vast darkness and

sailors find their way home with night still intact.

No self-righteous sun could ever do that.

Read Robert’s work and more in Solum Journal Volume I.