Blind… But Now I see

The Blindness

I’ve lived a life as a blind man

Blinded by sadness, pain, and sorrow

Blinded by the religion forced down my throat

Blinded by the choices made to numb, avoid, and ignore the roar

The Darkness

The darkness slowly eating my soul

The darkness slowly sucking the life

The darkness constantly raping my soul

The darkness consuming the music of my heart

I’ve lived blinded by the darkness

Blinded by pain

Blinded by eternal sadness

Then I saw

I saw, the Light

I saw, the Truth

I saw the Life

I experienced

I experience, Joy

I experienced, Peace

I experienced Beauty

I experienced Passion

I experienced true Love

I experienced real Truth

The Truth Overcame Me

Truth overcame me

Real Truth from the source of all Truth

The Truth that I am seen

The Truth that I am loved

The Truth that I am me, and I am good

The Truth that THE I am lives within me and all

The Truth that I can be nothing but good

Everlasting Truth

Truth has slowly burned the darkness away

White-hot Truth that left my wounds lanced forever

Truth that has left me scarred but vibrant

Truth that is tenacious in its pursuit of Joy and Peace

Truth that continues even when dark cloud of anxiety rises again

Truth that burns through the fear and shines the purest Light

I Now See

I see my scars, my story

I see our scars, community and individual

I see our scars together as one

I see our scars serving as a tapestry of Love

A Path

A new Path to follow in front of me

A Path that pushes me forward through the darkest of forests

A Path for others to follow as I search, and see, the Light and the Darkness

A new Path that understands the beauty and power within both Light and Darkness

A Path where I carry the torch of the Love, the Joy, the Peace, the Divine Way

I am now starting to see what was seen at the beginning… Love

Love… restores our sight

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