I Am... Celestial Darkness

August 15, 2015

As I lay in the darkness

My mind filled

With the pitch and silence

I think…

Why do I feel like this?So comfortableIn isolation- as I amIn darkness

And I wonder…

Does the d a r k n e s sCover the black l i e sThat t o r m e n t my soul, S t a i n my innocence?

The sun’s brilliant rays

Shine so bright- sometimes

I cannot see- find- myself.

Blinded

But would I not see myself

Better in the darkness?

Do not all things celestial

Shine brighter in the night?

A star- it is alone

Even in the constellation

Far away from the others

A part but apart

I am the gleaming star

Shining and luminous

In this- my world of darkness

Where I truly belong

I’m not meant

To be in the light

But to be the light

In the dark

To lead myself

To be alone

Distantly connected

I am darkness

Yet I am celestial

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