Darkness Glows

Not because the dark was gone

Not because the light had won

The darkness began to glow

Two heartbeats settled into one

Shadow moving through the sun

Every scar began to shine

Not erased, but finally mine I felt the current change its course

No longer fighting with its force What pulled me down now carried

me Through everything I couldn’t see

One taught me how to feel

One taught me to survive I needed every buried part

To make it out alive

Now the darkness glows And the light can cast a shadow I

don’t have to let one go I was made to carry both

Now the darkness glows Through every broken part I know

I am deeper than before I was made to carry both

Carry both

Carry both I don’t have to choose anymore (carry

both)

The water opened overhead I heard the words we never said They

didn’t sound like chains today They sounded like a path away The

grief remained, but changed its weight No longer pulling at my feet

I carried it against my chest And let the light carry the

rest

I am not only what was broken I am not only what

escaped I am every truth unspoken I am every step I made

Let the darkness give me depth Let the light reveal the road

I don’t need to lose a half To prove that I am

whole

Dark in the light Light in the deep Both in my blood

Both belong to me

Truth in the wound

Hope in the scar

I know where I’ve been

I know who we are

Now the darkness glows

And the light can cast a shadow I don’t have to let

one go

I was made to carry both Now the darkness glows

Through every broken part I know I am deeper than before

I was made to carry both

Carry both

Carry both I don’t have to choose anymore (carry both)

I rose until the surface

Became a mirror beneath my hands My reflection opened its mouth

first— (Call again)