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when the light of the world

becomes too much for me

i run… escape… plunge

into the darkness

into that place

where i can't see

but i can hear

my voice speaking

saying things

that sometimes

i don't want to hear

and it tells

and i linger

and i listen

and i learn

and though 
this is a painful task

arduous 
singeing

burning

i emerge 
from the darkness

filled with light

because

truth is painful

but even so

truth is queen