Seeing Through The Dark

A glimpse inside the cave of Depression

Open your eyes. Can you feel that? The sun. It’s there; the warmth is beating down on you.

Can you feel it?

You were in there for a while. Step out of your cave.

You were in there for a while. Step out of your cave.

It’s dark. It’s quiet. It’s comforting. It’s home.

But, is it?

Why must it be home? It doesn’t feel good to go there.

The world misses you when you are gone.

Don’t leave. Stay here.

Stay here in the light. Dance in the warm glow of Mother Sun. Feel her hug. It’s warm and it’s cozy.

Does it feel like home?

Take another step. Don’t stop now.

The world misses you when you are gone.

Don’t hide your gifts. Don’t let the darkness dampen your blaze.

Burn it bright!

Do you feel that? it’s change coming.

Step out of your cave. Move towards the light. Don’t walk back. Keep going forward.

Keep going.

The cave is there when you need a break. It’s not there for you to relocate.

It’s not your home.

It’s okay to need quiet. It’s okay to wonder, dream, hope, and wish. But… you can do that in the sun.

Yes, you can.

The cave isn’t warm. The warmth you imagine is the fading memory of the sun.

The world misses you when you are gone.

Just stay. The sun needs your light. Dance in the warm embrace.

Where you want to go is cold, and it’s damp, and it’s dark, and it’s wet.

The cave. It’s not what you need.

You just checked out. It’s not what you need.

You just checked out.

Stay a while with the sun. Dance and play. Dream and believe.

What do you want? Creative fire.

Good! Find some sticks.

Let’s go!

The cave is not what you need. It wants you to think you do.

You don’t.

You are stronger than the cave. It wants you. It doesn’t need you.

You need you. You need the light. You need the sun.

The sun needs you. The light needs you. You need you.

Step out. That’s it. Once more.

Okay!

Now do it again. Step out.

Do you see that there?

Move towards the glow of possibility. All that you long for can be found there under the sun.

It’s not in the cave. It’s not in the cave.

The cave is for hiding. The cave is not for creating.

I want to dance. Watch me flow.

The sun.

The sun.

Oh, how I have missed you, my sun.

You’re always there for me, even when I’m not. You’re always there for me, even when I can’t be.

You are always there for me.

Step out into the light.

Find the warmth. Go towards it.

Come back. It’s time. Come back to you.

The world misses you when you are gone.