Light in the Darkness

“Light will someday split you open”

― Hafez

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what I carry in my soul

what ferments there

down deep at the center of my being matters

if I carry darkness

soon the dank rot of fear and hate

will multiply and spread

and I will implode

collapsing in upon myself

becoming a shadow

a cipher

walking the earth

bitter and fearful

sucking light out of the world

and leaving a trail of darkness

if what I carry is light

soon the light

which cannot be contained with grow

and soon burst forth unbidden

splitting open

heart and soul

and opening me to the world

opening me to the source of all Light

and there will be less of me

(that is what happens when we are broken open)

and more of the Sacred

there will be less fear

and more hope

less hate

and more love

A Sacred one

In dark time

fill me with your light!

then break me open