when all you can see is darkness,

remember the light.

 

remember that all that it might take

is one single step around the thing

that may block it.

 

it is so much closer than you think,

and just because you cannot see it,

feel it

in this moment exact,

 

you will always find it again,

always.

 

and it only takes the tiniest sliver

of light

to push away

the dark entire.

 

so today, if all you can do is exist,

then that is fine

 

because tomorrow your hand just might

find the latch that opens you up

to light once again.

 

remember this,

remember the light.

hold it in your mind, 

hunger for its warmth.

 

look for just one spark

and then the next,

and let it guide you 

back to its shine.

 

Heather Pound 2023

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