Sunlight and Shadows


Seeking

All the light we cannot see

Yet fills our blood with yearning so

The pull of new discovery

The faith in things we do not know

We press on sure to find the door

The innate longing to be free

The light that led me to a crack

Where I could see but could not reach

The slap that caused me to pull back

And listen to what it would teach

The crushing truth on hopes of youth

I grew to stand within the breach

Sunrise dawn’s brave beams of light

To bathe the soul from night’s dark wake

The tumult of the storm set right

The midnight watch we each must make

To find our place, to run our race

And build a love that cannot break

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