02-09-2023
Soul of my soul…
Where are you?
Have I drifted too far away this time?
Wandered too deep into the dark wilderness
of vanity and falseness?
I won’t find you in this place.
But how do I find my way back in the dark?
“Empty and dark I’ll raise my lantern…” ^Kahlil Gibran
And you will light my way back.
It is through pain that we find truth.
That’s when we’re low to the ground.
And the highest truths are found at the bottom.
It is through suffering that we transcend our chains.
They melt off in the fires of affliction.
The same fires that burn away the illusions that keep us from the infinite grandness of life
As it really is…
Relentlessly tragic
Inexhaustibly kind
Heartbreaking
Awe-inspiring
An eternal dance of darkness and light.