I was surrounded by darkness.
Was I blind,
or was the world plunged into darkness?
I didn't know.
No sliver of light around me,
my heart was consumed by despair.
I tried to remember:
Who am I?
Where am I?
I didn't know.
Every second was torture,
my hands groping through the void.
I sat there waiting for rescue
would there ever be one?
I didn't know.
With each minute I waited,
strength drained slowly from my soul.
Then something inside me stirred.
Was it courage?
Was it defiance?
Was it hope?
I didn't know.
But I stood up, determined.
Suddenly, the world around me bloomed with light.
Surprised, I looked for the source
and then I realized:
the light was coming from within me.
Only I could light up my world.