A Torch of Light

by Ezekiel Mu'Akil Bey

One dark clear night I looked outside 

And wondered what's beyond the lights 

The twinkle dots a world so vast 

The blinks of stars remind of glass 

My mind began to leave my soul 

To travel far beyond the poles 

The speed of light became a breeze 

I wondered what, what could this be 

An infinite space so broad to grasp 

No human feeling could ever match 

The guide I had I could not see 

Then I remembered my three degrees 

I saw the lights becoming close 

With guides unknown of many host 

I understood what just appeared 

Masonic travel became so clear 

I just perceived what's to unfold 

My first entrance, which I behold 

I thought of all, in mind in me 

And recollected my first degree 

The more I traveled the more I saw 

Between two stars my mind had told 

A story far beyond the spheres 

Of working tools I held so dear 

And then I fell in deep black holes 

Passing in and on in chambers toll 

I thought again what could this be 

And then I thought of two degrees 

My mind controlled all moves I made 

But to return I wished and prayed 

I swore to keep all oaths 

I took The 3rd degree all clear it spoke 

On my return I saw the Lord 

And asked him why, what was this all 

The birth of man is but a porch 

To live the life of burning torch 

Can't you remember I spake the word 

And you appeared with all to learn 

With force and power "LET THERE BE LIGHT" 

And I became a torch of Light.