In times of darkness
They always tell you there is light
But in the darkness
You can’t see the switch
Do you think there is someone else there
At the end of the tunnel
Who’s going to switch it on
For you
That’s not a real expectation
Instead the darkness becomes gloom
Your eyes adjust, the world becomes
Clearer, less murky
In the gloom
You realise you don’t need the switch
You can walk on in the semi darkness
Because you’re human
And you can adapt
And then one day
The gloom is just
Normal
Its not gloom anymore
Its kind of like living in the light again
There was no
Miracle
No point at which
The switch went on
And if you see the light again, its so
Bright
Its so glaring and so overstated
And you don’t want it
And you feel
Uncomfortable
You can see the faces of the ones you love
In the gloom
And it is all perfectly
Good
And there is no going back
And the gloom is just normal
And we are all, all of us
Ok
Because what you thought was darkness
Was not an absence of light
But a light that was
Different
To what you were expecting
But you got through
And the platitudes and positivity
Useless tropes
In a world that shone
Differently
To the light we have now
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