Light has not fully developed in me.
Wait, I say to myself.
How could that be?
I've spent so much time in this life
going to the dark,
wandering down the potholes of negativity,
forgetting what has been created in me.
Rather than spending time trying to eradicate
the darkness, the negativity,
am I not better off turning my attention
to the light that has always been?
Perhaps the darkness doesn't need to be conquered.
Perhaps the light
only needs room to grow.
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In my experience fighting against the darkness,
against evil or whatever you term it does not eradicate it.
Accepting what is –
pain, suffering, and love brings a kind of peace.
That realization reveals the truth of who I am.
That is how the darkness is transformed into light.
© Todd Emerson Greenberg - 11/08/2026
