Light And Dark Poem by gina prettybrowneyes

it is not so much being in the dark that hurts
it is that I was once in the light,
and how I basked and reveled in it;
I thought I’d stay forever
(and before the light)
I had been born into darkness and knowing nothing else
I had been content.
now I know there’s something better out there
if I turn quickly enough I can see it out of the corner of my eye

it’s not so much the darkness that hurts,
but more the absence of light.