The Pessimist And Optimist Poem by Jenna Dandurand

i am the darkness
that haunts your soul
in every nightmare you've had.

i am dawn, the new hope i give
is the freedom for your thoughts.

i stalk you in your sleep
and permeate your heart.

i help you with the lightening
of everything that's heavy.

thunder and beasts
crawl across your chest;
there's no escaping me.

look to the sun and you'll find
me always there to help.

silver stars and bleak thoughts,
you'll alway feel me there.

even in your darkest memories,
i can shine the ever-burning light
and bring you back to the heavens.

anger and sorrow
will burn you up,
and i am the fuel.

i'll quench the pit in your heart;
there's no need to fear with me.

no one ever looks towards me
and sees how i can help.

people can't see the dark side i hold,
i blind them with the light.

why can't they see the opposite
in me?

the sorrow you feel
cannot decrease
whenever i am near.

you'll always find peace,
just look for me.

yet if they look at the moon,
they can see the light.

the day always must end.

people can't look in their hearts and see
they can always find the other one in me.

i'll always long for what i can never have.

i always look to the brightest
of what i've got.

but we'll always want more of our others
in us, even when we can't do anything
to change it.