Darkness and Light

This darkness...
It curls around me
     Consuming me
Until there is nothing left

My heart feels shattered
Nothing can change that
     This darkness...
I feel like I'm drowning

These dark waters
Bubble and boil all around me
     I'm stuck
I can't get out.

I try to move
But my legs are stuck
     Heavy as lead
But my legs aren't the problem

It's my heart
It feels like the world's sorrows
     Are piling themselves onto me
So full with sorrow, yet empty

How can this be?

I'm drowning in this sorrow
I can't move. I'm done
     And yet...
I see something

It couldn't be...
It is!
     Light
My savior

This light is beautiful
Soft and fluffy
     It wraps itself around me
Soothing away my pain

The light saved me
From darkness, from pain
     I now feel lighter than air
The darkness was weighing me down

I couldn't move
But now, in the light
     I can do anything I want
The light allows me to see

See things I didn't know were there
This light goes around every corner
     There is no shadow with the light
And yet...

My sense comes in
Darkness and Light
     Are two sides of the same coin
One can't exist

Without the other
A shadow couldn't be
     Unless there is light
And now...

I know something
Darkness is not dark
     It is simply an absence of light
But does that make it better?

No, I don't think so
You see, once you've seen the light
     Darkness will not be the same
If possible, it hurts more

The pain comes back
Stronger and harder
     Not slowly, but all at once
You can never forget the light

No matter how hard you try
to keep the light
     Darkness will reign
Unless

Unless