Light in Everyone

Silently,

looking back 

observing my journey 

thus far...

walking through

life's labyrinth 

turning this way and that, 

pausing here, 

and there 

along the way 

for many reasons 

of profound importance 

probably many times trivial-

if i'm being honest.

it's the people though, 

everyone we meet 

along the way 

teaching us lessons 

showing the way 

even if it seems wrong.

especially, 

if it seems wrong, 

this has taught us 

to tune in 

to our intuition; 

so we know in our bones

the way to go,

finding our own light.

there's light in everyone 

and the lessons they teach. 

#vss365 #labyrinth

© January 15, 2025 | baccusbee 

(Words mine. Image created with Grok a collaborative process called synthography. Thanks for reading.)

Many times I find myself pondering themes of light and dark in contrast to one another. 

As humans, we are hard wired to think in terms of duality: dark bad, light good. 

I can't help but wonder how both parts make the whole and write verse along these lines often. 

I'm not implying hard learned lessons at the hands of people who took advantage and exploited  other human beings are exemplary members of society, far from.

However, it's not for me to judge, unless I know all the details of a situation, there's always two sides...remember? Even then I'm still reluctant to judge, especially be vocal when situations are so intricately nuanced.

The Universe, God, Source has it's own way of keeping balance and passing judgements. (Eye for an eye, reaping what is sown, karma, etc. There are Universal Laws in motion for all of us.)

For that reason, I choose to stay in my lane these days and judge situations and events I don't have full line of sight and understanding of a whole lot less. 

Observing not absorbing.

This verse is exploring the possibility some of those hard lessons that sting actually benefit us by contributing to developing our own intuition, and in that way even though the individual intended harm or acted from the hurt of a deep wound actually worked for the light unknowingly. And we are wiser for it after we healed too.

It is also true, there are humans in this world that operate from a place of pure evil and the profane. Unfortunately.

Maybe we all have the dark and light in us, just like each 24h is divided into night and day.

The Sun always rises again.

In gratitude and grace-

baccusbee

Some more of my verse that explores this theme:

What Shape Does the Darkness Have? (Ode to a Grecian Urn)

Reach for the Light