Could you, would you
know the darkness too?
Or would you try to erase it
as others do?
Would you ignore it?
Say you wanted it gone?
Say your touch
should drive away
the darkness within?
The darkness is there–
inside me,
it has always been,
I need it, need it to be there,
just a spot or two.
I need it to visit, take a trip with it.
Occasionally—
ride a night, a day, all the stars at times,
sleep and wake with it.
It keeps me strong,
this steel skeleton of my heart and soul,
keeps me whole,
makes me who I am.
My darkness does not need
some antidepressant elixir.
My darkness is a shit pile of things,
years, and incidents I keep
tucked away–
a part of me.
Could you, would you
know it?
Keep it, if given?
Or tell me to let it go and get over it
like others have?
Could you, would you
understand how happiness can be had
and yet keep the darkness
for creating, repairing,
reinforcing the steel railings
of my spine,
my soul,
my heart,
my mind,
my all that I am.
Could you, would you
understand, without the darkness,
I cannot give you all that I am?
Hearing The Mermaids Sing 
Well said… without the darkness I don’t know who I’d be.
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Thank you. It can be many things for us and fuel creativity.
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Yes 😎💛
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Thank you!
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Private spirituality isn’t to be shared.
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Interesting take on this. Thank you
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Learning to, accept the darkness, as a part of, all our lives, that’s something, we all need to, work hard on…
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The harder aspect of it is to have others accept it within us. So many think that it needs to be eradicated for one to be happy or embracing it means you require meds–neither is the case.
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It is your own, like an exoskeleton that keeps you safe and you deserve that comfort. It does not make the whole of you, just another piece of who you are. Take the whole, or nothing at all.
Brilliantly written.
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Thank you
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