7.13.2011

Turning off the dark


Yesterday with a student, he asked me,
"What if instead of turning on the light,
You could turn off the dark?"

I told him I had thought that before,
because it was true after all.
I have seen my share of darkness,

I have wanted to turn it off
because turning the light on
seemed to be too much. Too hard.

But it was there in the dark that I realized
that darkness, too, can be a friend.
The dark teaches love to ones self.

It is in my own times of darkness when I learned
how much better it is to live in the light,
and how good the light feels to a soul in the dark.

3 comments:

Autumn @ Autumn All Along said...

I love this poem, thanks for sharing. It does take more effort to turn on the light at times... thanks for making me think.

Dee Paulino said...

This is so thoughtful!

L!$@ said...

That's amazing! Really thoughtful poem....and so true too.