Eyes Open

I finally decided to open my eyes

The light was blinding, but I didn't let it steer me off course.

I sat in it for a while.

I allowed the quiet and the brightness bathe over me like an ocean wave.

I let it pool around me like a puddle.

I remained captured in its glow.

Upon opening my eyes I made a revelation.

One that isn’t very easy to forget.

My shadow side wants me to be in the dark about it.

Stay in the comfort of the unknown.

As much as I would like to, I can’t

Being in the light while uncomfortable, is necessary for my survival.

The key to the depths.

Here I can not even hold my own hand.

The static from the air won’t allow me an ounce of peace.

I am as they say, unfinished