What we are and what we are not...

"We are not the ugly and pain that was heaped upon us. We are the parts that learned how to work through the ugly and pain. We are the light, that although may have seemed dim at the time, found a way into and through the darkness and into more light. We are the broken pieces of a shattered soul who learned to sand down the sharp edges with the soft love offered to us by many or few. We found a way over the mountain, under rocks and through deep and narrow valleys. We are the discolored orbs of faint light that barely show up in pictures because we have learned to stand back and let others shine. We are cracked and jagged and faint and sometimes we are barely seen walking in and out of the lives of those who need us most. We have become ghosts so as not to disturb the demons but it means we are also unseen amongst the garden of heaven. We whisper our love to make sure we aren't too loud and we cry often as most people turn away. We are the conglomerate of stars and rain and usually melt in the presence of the fire of anger. We look with our souls because the eyes are useless in acknowledging pain. We have learned that greatness is in the smallest gesture of kindness and that true nobility is in the telling of truths. We see no use for the "things" others use to live. The boundary of this world and the next lies within us and we see, in the horizon of our vision, the reality of all that was and is yet to be. We move softly through the fabric of our lives,  often mistaken for lost souls and aimless travelers. We are those who lose nothing because we have lost it all. We know the value of life lies not in what can be held but in what life has yet to behold." -YN-

(PS--yes this was written by me.)