Darkness and the Light

Am I afraid of Darkness or is it the Light?

Darkness is the home of what creeps in the shadows

Darkness is the home to the secret that forever changed my life

Darkness is the home to the hand that crept to the place it never belonged

Darkness is the home to the trauma that constantly has me choking back tears

Darkness is the home to the title “victim” that will forever define my life

Darkness is the resting place to the person I used to be

But am I Afraid of the Darkness or is it the Light?

Light is the home to the clarity of what happened to me

Light is the home to having to accept what happened to me

Light is the home of me realizing the strength and that I am no longer that little girl who had to keep that secret

Light is the home where I see the anger and the rage that was created inside of me

Light is the home where I did turn that anger and rage into my voice

Light is the home to the title “victim” that I will no longer let define my life

Light is the  home to a survivor.

So I ask myself am I really afraid of the Darkness or is it the Light?