into the light

This world you came into

At times seemed like a prison

Full of forces that wanted to

Reign you in

And dumb you down

Tried to make you be silent

In a way that pushed your true self

Down deeper inside

But slowly all of that swallowed life

Made its way to the surface

And the shadow you sought to live

Drew you to those

Who would become your most powerful teachers

And even when your head

Tore apart

Flung as you were

Over the handle bars

Still it was the soul deep inside of you

Leading you on to such tragedy

As the author said

So truthfully today

Often it is through pain

We learn the most about

What within us

Most needs to live

And what must also

Die

So that we can finally

Emerge out of this repressive darkness

Into the radiant magificence

Of our soul’s

Individual light