How strange the rules of energy —
Machines demand, pull, grind
But my world,
My soul,
Gave without friction.

I gave light
Unknowingly
A pure glow I never knew I held
Not for me—
But for those I chose to love.

I never knew
My light would also clear my path
But I burned—
Greedy, aching for return
Hoping to bask in the same warmth
I freely gave.

Instead—
Scorched.
Flames kissed my spirit
Tethered my shine to fear
And I think
I closed the switch.

Not because I want to
But because I must.
The world isn’t ready
For a gem like this.
And yet I grieve
That my path-lighting
Is not met
By fireflies.

Still—
It stings.
Still—
It aches.

I’ve backed out.
I’m maxed out.
And for once,
This light—
Must rest.

It’s hard to mute the sun inside
To unlearn the giving
To silence the shine.
But I’m not giving it away.

I just want to stop.
No—
I need to stop.

Let the dark be dark for a while.
Let me breathe
Without burning.

And to those who lit my way—
were light
Or did their best
in their quiet, quiet glow—
I hold you in my heart like dawn.
May warmth find you,
gentle and true,
May the light you gave
return to you
in a thousand soft flames.

a broken heart can mend but it will take awhile
heartache it will go bring you back your smile
it will heal once more take away the pain
feelings will return let you love again

make another start with somebody new
and the love you lost will return to you  
all the hurt will go  as your heart begins to mend
you will find a true love that has a happy end

Real people smile,
Real people bleed.
Reality is held by physicality,
And philosophical pillars.
You may smile,
But if you smile without knowing what it’s like to bleed,
Somebody will come show you.
It’s humanity,
In retrospect,
It’s human illness.
We wish to see others struggle when we struggle,
But when we are not struggling,
Then there is a disgust placed with the struggling.
For if you know what it’s like to bleed,
Yet, not what it’s like to smile,
You will long to draw blood,
From the smiling.