Darkness

There is in each of us, hiding, deep and imbedded in our hearts, a darkness, unseen by others. It is a power that can overtake our lives and cut us off from the world. We don't always show it or recognize it ourselves, at least not immediately nevertheless, it lays in wait for that moment to make itself known and hold us hostage to its power. It doesn't always speak loudly It keeps silent but alive waiting in our fears and anger like unhealed wounds that hurt. Our souls recognize it, know it well as we struggle in our silence withholding the words of what we really feel and of how angry we are. In the darkness deep within we are afraid to reveal ourselves or our intentions as it may show our vulnerability and pain; but it is there the very truth of the dark within. In the unlit corridors and halls this is not the personage we wanted seen or known by those we care about and love. Prisoners of our innermost anguish we fight against the revelation or exposure of our secret self that lay beneath the surface. But understand and know it is there, open and waiting to be exposed, hurt and bleeding before the world, hiding in the loss, sorrows, inner struggles. Let the darkness come it is not insurmountable, it has been beaten before, it can be beaten again. Deep inside and with your help we are stronger than the darkness