Look at the night sky
What you see are the scars
Evidence of the past
And it was me
I removed what was there
One by one
What remains
Is light
Experience
If only you would see them for what they are

They wait for you
For night
Your night
For theirs is always different
You have a memory
They are your memory
And they will never be anything else
Yet you are able to spend time away
While they point in all directions
Without a compass
Or a purpose

You are not locked in a room
You are walking freely
And every good thing that happens
You must see why it happened

For once
Long ago
There was something in the place of the scars
Something before that was only about you
But now it’s about something else
Something you must share
But I have your past in my hand
Before it all happened
For they were never stars
Instead they are scars
But they smile even though you cannot
I took them with me
The purity you long for
But that is not life
Purity is not life

Only a reminder of what is important

Look at them
Look at the sky
You have lived

The purity is now what guides you
It is in every smile
And there are as many left as there are scars

Every scar is a reminder of what lies ahead
That is why they are bright against the darkness

Just as the chance to be happy contrasts with your sadness