Out Into The Light
Too long, I have lingered in the shadows
The half-world between me and you.
Fearful of what might happen in the unknown.
A lifetime of watching, absorbing, not knowing.
Now I know more. I have observed long enough.
Slowly, tentatively, I have felt the sun.
The warmth, the glow... before fear overtakes and I hide again.
But that sun has made me braver. Shown me what i am missing. Laughter. Joy. Lightness. This is what I crave.
I’m tired of hiding, of holding onto that which is not mine. Of waiting until i am told it is safe.
That voice has not come. I realise I've been looking in the wrong place. It is not a command from the other, but a direction from inside.
And so i say, not with hesitation, but with courage and joy:
Walk out into the light.
