“And if it is a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you rather than imposed upon you.
And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.
Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.
These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.
And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.
And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom”.-From Freedom Xiv by Khalil Gibran
Light and Shadows
by Carmen H Gray
When your light has been overshadowed
by struggles obscuring your view
In the darkness it has showed
Vibrancy in its deepest hues
Look closely, for the dance
Of light and dark
Is not happenstance
The lush and the stark
Are intertwined
They each release in you
All that is combined
Strength and fear
Love and hate
Humble and cavalier
Emancipate or incarcerate
Perhaps it is not
Either or
Keeping you caught
In this war
Become like water
That cannot be contained
Meander, wander
Completely unrestrained
Within the light and shadows
Monarca Rising 
One response to “Light and Shadows”
Such beautiful poetry from deep within the well inside you. Hope your night was restful.
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