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Carpe Lucem


Aut vivere aut tardius mori in tenebris lucem.

Darkness is where I have lived,

My freedom I have gived.

I act like I am fine,

I see the clock,

It is nearly time.

Time to march into a black sea,

And hide the mess that is me.

Because darkness is the only place I can be accepted,

I once walked into the light only to be rejected.

So the monster I am now,

Is the one you created.

But light can change that,

And shed the skin I wore in the past.

Light can make you better than you ever were,

But darkness and light is a struggle.

Darkness says come and I will forgive you,

But is it really the truth?

Light says that I always have a home on its shores,

But will the ocean prevail?

I could win or I could fail,

All it takes is one choice.

A leap of faith.

Eligo lucem.

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David L. Hawkins III

A Christian poet and victim of bullying. Through my writing I hope to shine my own light through this dark world we live in.

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