Contributor: April Ring

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I am no different than you...
Pain has taken residence within my soul...
Waging it's ugly battle...
How I have ran from this pain...
Intentionally created barriers to falsely convince myself that it has subsided...
That I, with all my capabilities had conquered the fear of facing what lies below...
I am like you...
Tired of being hunting by my past...
Haunted...
For I believed long ago...
...I left it exactly there...
In the past...
Instead,
I have turned the corner...
And there it lay...
Awaiting me...
Taunting me...
Showing me that I never took care of anything...
Just buried it...
I am like you...
Enveloped by the pain...
Uncomfortable with myself...
Quietness avoided...
For the mind speaks too much negativity and darkness when it catches you by yourself...
Like the friend that finally collides with you on your path...
But only speaks and breadths sickness...
I am no different from you...
For I too,
Sit before myself and fight being strong...
Only to be shown humbleness in my weakness...
Pushing away help...
Because my ego slaps the extended hand...
You are not alone...
For I have been placed within the darkness...
Beside you...
You may not see my presence...
But
I ... Am... There...
It is now that I rely upon the light so many have reminded me of...
The internal light house...
There to guide me home...
If you are scared...
Don't be...
If you are tired...
Rest with me...
If you are frustrated...
Scream to me...
If you need to let go...
Show me how...
My cries are yours...
Your tears are mine...
If you cannot see your light...
Let mine be a guide for you...
Until yours is found...
For our lights were lighted upon the same flame...
Though we may look differently from the outside...
Inside...
We are the same.


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