Deep inside where darkness waits
I felt You drawing near
I kept my distance for a time
Unsure why I felt fear

Of You? Your words? Your gentle touch?
Or something else again
I felt it stir within my breast
The darkness deep within

I'd guessed at it, and studied it
But still refused to see
I knew You sensed it from the start
The darkness inside me

You smiled and held out Your hand
You wouldn't let me run
And soon enough I reached for it
Our journey had begun

The struggle was inside myself
Cold fear mixed with Your heat
You didn't try to take my heart
I laid it at Your feet

You took it up and made it Yours
Held so light on it could shine
Then made me look at what I called
The darkness that was mine

I saw that it was beautiful
When looked at through Your eyes
And so very much a part of me
Without it I would die

You taught me how to love myself
The part I could not see
You mixed some starlight with the dark
And gave it back to me

~ author unknown ~