Darkness is your candle

basmalah piccola

fortuny lamp

No matter how fast you run,
your shadow more than keeps up.
Sometimes, itโ€™s in front!

Only full, overhead sun
diminishes your shadow.

But that shadow has been serving you!
What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.

I canโ€™t explain this, but it would break
the glass cover over your heart,
and thereโ€™s no fixing that.

Rumi