Darkness & Light

Why is darkness bad and light good?

Where did this thought originate?

Who made the final decision?

Even if light were good,

It's the darkness that makes me appreciate light?

Without a parallel to compare, I'd be in the dark?

I forgot that it's in embracing my shadow

That I could expand the light within myself.

It's when I accepted the dark, that I found the light.

Because I can't work with what is already light to grow,

It's only the darkness that I can transform into more light.

Even if we assume that the journey is 

From darkness to light, I now want to 

Give darkness it's true credit.

Because whether I admit it or not

The darkness exists. 

Running away from the shadow is way easier yes

But I find it only perpetuates the darkness in the long term.

Facing it and working with it, I can find the light.

Is this why I have a shadow in sunlight?

To remind me of the companion

As nothing to run away from but to proactively heal?

To experience the pain deeply, process and release?

Is this why when the shadow disappears,

It's night that is the ultimate darkness?

Maybe I'll find the answers to these questions

Maybe I won't. One thing's for sure 

I'm not running anymore. I accept all of me.

Darkness & Light.

a*k²