Play of Light

I was born translucent

but the world opaqued me.

A shadow rock,

steady.

Ready

to resist.

Impermeable

to storm or mist.

My soul surviving blind,

still kind, but

dark became.

I want to see, it cried.

Boulder these walls!

Bold, bring the light

and give me sight

and set us free!

I punch a tiny hole

and what comes in

turns me within,

to shame,

to pain,

and makes me cry

like ne’er before.

But glory be,

I feel relief!

My soul contents

as I tear down the shell

that made me safe,

turned me somber.

Translucent again,

a million colors refract.

I react,

dancing all the songs

that bounce around me

in this play of light.

My soul was right.

No longer safe,

I paint a world

that I myself create.