The most interesting things happen
The most beautiful things
Where the light is most obscured
I begin to understand
Why both the light and the dark
Are necessary
I begin to understand
Why both the light and the dark
Are necessary
And when I
Finally find the light
No matter where
It seems to be
All I need
Is to open them
To see truly
And the light floods in
Love puts the ground under my feet
The skip in my step
The stars in my sky
The hope in my heart
That raging inferno
Of events
And despair
Perhaps the cool, calm place
Discovered me
I don’t know
I feel it
Creeping up
From behind
Feel it
Entering me
Affecting me
But in the mirror
The effects of time
Are too subtle
Too slow
In the way we move
On the dance floor
In the way we act
In times of tragedy
In the things we build
As monuments to significance
I try to remind myself of this
In the low moments
When I feel anything but grace
Anything but graceful
A few gentle waves
Erase a footprint
A sustained wind
Fills it with sand
Impressions
Are ephemeral
As am I
Until they are taller
Than I
Until they are taller
Than trees
Until they are taller
Than mountains
Not to prove
That I am bigger
But in homage
To what is bigger
Than I
We’ve gone as fast
As sound and cheetahs
Slowed down time
To see a bullet
Sped it up
To watch grass grow