The light, it always shines
Yet sometimes
we hide our faces
Too afraid to face the cloud
Scared of the reflection,
The person staring back at us
We can’t walk into the light
because we’re too stuck in the dark
Crippled by the things of the past
Holding a grip
on the things that once were
Not sure if we’re ready
to let go
The light it shines
through the tunnel
Yet it seems so far away
The darkness it’s comfort
Not safe, not even home
But it’s where we’ve lived so long
It’s hard to escape, to let go
It’s not too late,
even though we feel too far gone
Not worthy of the light
so we stay in the dark
Afraid that if we touch it,
it’ll become dark
How do we enter the light
when we’re attached to the dark
Lived with the lights off
for so long?
Alone, vision blurry and black,
unable to see anything
Only feeling the emptiness,
the depression
of the black hole we exist in
But all we have to do
is turn on the light
It’s that simple
Turn the switch on
not off
Are you too afraid
to push the button?
Or are you too focused on the past
to let the darkness go?
Do you let the darkness define you?
instead of letting the light refine you?
The light will shine within
when you walk into it
Made anew, whole and worthy.
Able to share
and shine the light
instead of walking around
in a clouded haze of fog.
The light is bright
and it shines from within
all who choose
to turn on the switch