The Climb to Light
You are going to fall, start over, think you have it all worked out in your head, just to know instantly, you were wrong with the very next step. You cant even bear your own weight.
And then you fall. Maybe you catch your footing, maybe you hit the bottom.
East resting point along the climb, a piece of your shadow, aspects of yourself you don't even want to admit exist, waits.
Finding a way to fit them all together, to become whole, is the only way to bear the weight.
One day, you see light. you climb with a fury you didnt even know you had.
you finally reach the top.
Now you know what it feels like to be whole, standing in the light, for the first time.
As you soak in the light of your fully realized existence, with all the pieces of yourself aligned, sharing the warmth of the light...what happens next?
You begin to lose control.
you didn't notice the intensity of your shadows up here. As they begin to fight for their share of a light that is already fading.
The cold dread of losing control creeps in as you refuse to accept that you cant stop the light from going out...
...you only just got here.
Your last thought rings out as you sink into black.
As you being to feel again, you don't even need to see to know where you are.
The bottom of that damn pit. Again.
But this time will be different.
Now you know how intense the light shines.
Now you know the weight of holding all your pieces together.
You have an idea of how they fit.
And you know how hard your shadow is going to fight when the light shines again.
You will get back.
You will find a way.
Climb.
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