"It’s often hard for me to accept what I have learned of myself. I’ve lived most of my life on the..."

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It’s often hard for me

to accept what I have learned of myself.

I’ve lived most of my life

on the dark side.

I have circled this earth

with its beauty at my back.

It took me years of catching creatures

crawling in the corners of my vision-

just a glimpse

of their reflective eyes,

to realize the light they were reflecting

was of my brighter side.

It took me years before I came around

to see

that there is so much brilliance,

so much beauty,

throughout the craters and the valleys of my shell.

That my imperfections make me

exactly who I am meant to be.

I have only known what is not observed.

But as I explore my terrain,

I’ve found that the things people could see

were very much a part of who I was all along.

And it’s hard for me

to convince the only side I’ve known

that I

am what people wish upon.

That I am guidance to those

lost in the night.

And no matter how far I’ve come,

it still takes just as much courage to say

that I have the strength to move oceans,

and that I can turn trapped men wild;

That I can make the masses fall weak with awe,

with just a sliver of my light.

And I will cast down anyone who dares to tell me

that my phases are anything less than extraordinary.

I know I’ll never be able to turn my dark side

to see what bright

and powerful life I have before me.

But the more I peak

over the harsh line

between my darkness

and my light,

I’ll feel the gravity swing me around

running laps around the world,

and I’ll understand more and more

that I am not two sides,

but two minds,

with one eye on earth,

and one eye on the universe.

And despite the fact

that there will always be the dark side

hidden behind my light,

I have been here all along,

exactly as I am,

I just had my back turned.

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- b.z.

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