Illuminated

Illuminated by darkness, it's difficult to see. To see the road ahead let alone the next step our foot decides to make. still we continue on a path we are not able to define. Illuminated by darkness, we take that step. Unable to distinguish each of our senses, we move blindly - weak in body, weak in emotion, weak in mind. Our only push is that thin piece of thread that dwells in our heart to keep moving. We stay focused - believing with our heart that hope still exists - that life still exists. Alone. Surrounded only by our thoughts, we struggle to grasp the mere idea of light. Yet, to allow the struggle to win seems too easy; to allow the game to play you is no option. Don't give up. Continue moving. Alone. -you convinced yourself to be. You've shut everyone out - believing that no one understands. Day by day - you stay in that blackened room - illuminated by darkness. Separated from the world - you put yourself. Blind to see the love, unable to feel - you chose to be numb. You chose to be weak. You hold tightly onto you faith - your God --- Our God. Yet you don't see that I'm there watching each step you make - reaching my hand out for you to grab. Never letting you fall as you sit illuminated by darkness. Past your insecurities, past the difficulties of life, past the burdens you seem to carry - I'm there. Waiting for you to see me; waiting for you to see the light.

-Kathleen Robeniol
2/11/09 -- Starbucks @ CPP