Darkness

In this universe
both darkness and light exist.
It resides in space
and just as much within.
While our body emanates the light
in full glory.
Darkness sleeps inside
awaiting a story.

I feel it sometimes
As emotions find their way.
I fear what it can bring
So I keep it at bay.
I see it's capacity for both
hurt and destruction
But just as much
for art and creation.

It's an unknown
This darkness.
But I know that it's not evil.
I think it's just something
that keeps us feeling.

I never tap it.
It terrifies me at best.
What if it's an endless abyss
Or a void with no depth?

Though one thing I've
come to believe is that
The difference between light and darkness
Is not that of good or bad.
Darkness is nothing but
the absense of light.
If the sun wasn't there
There'd only be night.

So why should I run from these
shadows in time?
When it is the ultimate
reality of mine.
I must separate the present from
the past I've had.
If the true self is darkness
how can it ever be bad?

Interpretation:

Much like the universe
Every human being has both light and darkness in themselves.
The world sees the best of us on the outside
While our dark parts only awaken when something happens and makes us feel a certain way.


I see that side of myself when my emotions take over.
I try to keep a distance from that side of me
because I think it's capable of breaking you.
But then again, some of the best creativity comes out in that zone.

It's difficult to say what exactly this darkness is
But I don't think it's something evil.
Like how some of the most iconic villians are also peole who feel too much.

I don't feel like tapping into that side
Over the years when I'm low I channel that energy into doing something productive instead of facing that exact emotion.
Mostly because it terrifies me.
What if I find myself in that zone and it's an endless pit that I'm unable to come out of?
Or what if I realise that it's just a shallow empty void?

One thing I've realised is that
even though we see darkness negatively
It's not really about light being good and dark being bad.
Darkness is not the opposite of light but the absence of it.




So should we really run away from ourselves during our dark days?

Whatever fears we have are because of some kind of a past experience

but that doesn't mean we were flawed or that side of ours is evil.

When darkness is the actual given and light merely an external glow

How can our true self ever be bad?