~ Growing In the Dark~

30-something springs 
yet she wasn't growing anymore.
Too many pounding storms
and too much rain had stunted her growth.
~Left her feeling ugly and alone.
She reached out for any light
in that deep, unrelenting darkness,
just to feel some warmth...
When his light shone on her one day
she thought she found her Sun.
She stretched into his embrace
and hope grew at her seed.
Just as she began to blossom in his presence,
he disappeared behind the clouds.
He was gone as quickly as he came...
He was not real~
A sunlamp maybe,
a reflection of her hope for sure.

 Like all others, he left her struggling in the dark
and shivering to her roots.
She hated her stupid heart.
The darkness was easier to take now
that she knew she deserved it.

Yet it was in that blackest black
that she found her own strength.
It wasn't lent by the forces from the outside world
but grew from within herself.
She held herself against the showers of the rain
and pushed up from the coldest earth.
She grew from a seedling
to a beautiful flower for all to see.
To him she would always be a dandelion
but to the right Sun,
her Sun,
she would never be less than perfect.

 © 2014 Stacy J French (Roosa) (All rights reserved)

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