This immediately reminded me of a story in Paulo Cuelho's "Warrior of Light" - a beautiful book.
https://archive.org/stream/WarriorOfLightByPauloCoelho/Warrior-Of%20Light-By-Paulo-Coelho_djvu.txt
I think you will like it.
Thanks for the moving poem.
Namaste, JaiChai
I'm humbled by your comment.