"The Darkest Place is Bright" - A Poem

there is no shadow without a light
in the dark there is only form, and sound, and smell
yet form without light can hurt
sound removed from vision can frighten

light reveals and guides
it warms and soothes

the broken and cracked it unveils
every illumination conceives a secret
shadows bloom in the presence of light

the light creates a darkness
that hides with every turn
never meeting its creator

the darkest place is bright
born of, but separated from the light
within the brilliance of the sun
a shadow never sees the light

i reach for shadows, burned in light
the scars and wounds reveal themselves
under a blanket of false night
the day unveils what shadows hide
for the darkest place is bright

-Jesse Arnold
03/16/14