Eclipsing

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“Wear no one’s shadow,”

said the Sun,

throwing off the dark

night of the day.

The light you most seek

must be your own,

not a celestial arriving

or re-incarnation of stories

that have outgrown

their telling-time -

These are Earth bound only

to re-mind you of

your own forgotten power

of illumination.

Here.

Here in your vulnerability.

Here in your broken-heartedness.

Here is where you should

Look.

Everything that has ever cracked

you open has served its purpose.

All light wants to get out into the world.

When I watch you,

I cannot help but wonder

if the sorrow residing behind 

your water-pooled eyes isn't the

cry for help from the grieving torch 

that you hid 

under a belly-scorched bushel 

long ago.

You must end this eclipsing of Self.

When?

When will it be alright for you to shine?

I cannot help but think

that the time

is now.

~ Jamie K. Reaser, Author
Published in "Coming Home: Learning to Actively Love this World"
Talking Waters Press

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