The stubborn little lantern that lights up my bloodstream

I have this little lantern inside me

That rocks and sways in the wind

I never expected its light

Its persistence

Its weight

But inside me it chooses to stay

I've begged it to leave

Bent it

Torn it

Broken off some edges that I'm still yet to fix

But the darkness doesn't kill it

Only glorifies its light

Now it travels every road I walk down

Is my constant companion through my loneliest night

Held aloft as a constant reminder

Of my ache for the day when I can just let it be

The stubborn little lantern that lights up my bloodstream