Dark and light

I'm going to post a poem that came a year after the other 'cloudy' pieces. I think it might be important to show what a difference a year can make - both in what I had to say and how I said it. Many of the early poems were somewhat wordy. I believe that's because I had so much going on inside me and a plethora of words came tumbling out. As things progressed and I settled a bit my poetic voice changed. I think the pull to post a later piece here is, just in case there are people who are following along with me, I want to make sure to show hope. Maybe I've done that all along, not sure. I know it is in most every poem, but I just want to be sure to show it here.

Dark and Light

Intermingled
like water vapors
in a cloud that signals
a coming storm
or the dissipation
of what was.
Dark and light inhabiting
the same space
without judgment or fear,
there nestled together
within.
A peaceful and dynamic flow
of life experiences
known and unknown,
remembered and forgotten,
understood and not.
A deep realization that
without one the other
cannot truly be.
In turning and facing
the dark and all its facets,
the light that is dawning
has a quality, an essence
that rises above it all.

Sarah Carlson

May 20, 2008