“Darkness, A friend to the lonely. An ear to the unheard. A comfort to the broken soul.” JR

No one told me it would be this way.
Nobody warned me
Brokenness would be my constant companion.
The darkness would bring me comfort.
Light would bring me pain.

For me,
There was safety in the absence of light.
No seeing the filthy person I had become,
Nor the betrayal of my innocence
Not my shame in a world I didn’t understand.

Light was my enemy.
Its glare highlighted everything
I didn’t want to see.
I shunned it at all costs.
Asleep
While others were awake
Awakened only by the darkness.

Desperate for the peace
I was told would exceed my understanding.
Peace was the stranger
I could never acquaint myself with.
Searching aimlessly
In the shadows of my own despair
Long given up hope of ever finding repose.

But then…
A dim flicker in the distance.
Overpowering my resolve.
Drawing me with its warmth.
Pulling me ever closer to its embrace.

Peace
The thing I had given up searching for,
Had somehow found me
When I could no longer escape it. 

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