The birth of light

They say that darkness gives value to light
for without the dark one cannot muster the will to fight
they sang songs of glory and wrote tales in stones with blood
of legends and heroes moving mountains while sinking in mud
they say that mankind lived in darkness for ages
survived a time when even history skipped to mention in its pages
dwelled in the dark for far too long
aching to claim a place wherein to belong
then light came to be at long last
the thirst for warmth and freedom flowed in their veins so fast
like a raging flood rage took over
paving the way for a new path away from their mind’s enclosures