The light I trusted

From the darkest room lit the brightest light

In a corner resting just within sight.

I let it grow brighter, I let it in

Soon my whole world was no longer dim.



This was different; life wasn't dark anymore.

Though shadows lingered, they faded in the glow.

A different side, a different face

When I said I love you, forever and always.



Joy and bliss, with a few tears between,

Nothing to fear, just a kiss to keep clean.

But then came the day when darkness returned,

Cries in my slumber made my stomach churn.



I feared that dream, though only a thought,

Never to come true, I prayed it would not.

Dreams are but feelings and memories resisted

That visit at night when all feels twisted.



I moved ahead, fear at the edge of my sight,

Tempted to look, to leap from that height.

Stay calm, don’t tremble, it’s only anxiety;

Love wouldn’t break what filled my empty.



Then came a day I was happy again

No trembling in sight, no fear, no pretend.

But all of it shattered when love so pure

Proved me wrong, its weakness allure.



Back into darkness I came crashing down,

Love’s tender touch, love’s thorny crown.

Where am I again? Why am I here,

When I risked it all for love’s promised cure?

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[John the Baptist]

Outer love is always fleeting. Seek it within.