Yin and Yang

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There were two souls 

Light and dark

The dark experienced torture, pain, loneliness, depression, disconnection 

The dark suffered like the night without stars 

Each time the sky sent stars, the dark clung, but once the light did not budge, the dark went away

Pushed the stars into oblivion 

The dark repeated the cycle again and again 

Always longing 

The light was a different story 

The light attracted, shone, and became a beacon of hope 

It attracted other stars and helped them shine brighter 

But even as darkness around the stars got attracted, and tried to twist and take advantage,

The light gave and gave regardless. It didn’t matter if others took advantage. All the light wanted to do was to give 

Even when it should know better

The light went through its loneliness, depression, and dark times, yet it never stopped shining bright. 

One day, the dark of the soul met the light

There was an attraction 

A longing 

Both understood each other 

Both felt connected 

Both felt happy 

Both felt aligned 

The darkness did its best not to share its darkness much, only the light it ever knew

The light gave and gave

Their relationship lasted until one day 

The darkness shared one part of themselves, not by intention 

It never wanted to hurt the lightness

The light felt twisted, hurt, and betrayed 

For the first time, it stopped giving 

It went away 

Separation 

Suddenly, the darkness went into the deep abyss of the night 

It took advantage, twisted, hurt, disposed the others away 

But try as it might, the darkness was never the same 

The darkness remembered

All the stars 

All the memories 

All the positive experiences 

The darkness stopped digging into their home 

The darkness, for the first time, looked within

Seeing a spark, how did that happen?

Did the counterpart leave it within? 

It started to ignite 

It burned and burned

Shining brighter and brighter 

Suddenly, the darkness noticed the light within. It didn’t always have to choose darkness to push 

the stars away. 

Hurt does not help. Only love 

While the lightness tried to give, but then it wasn’t the same anymore 

It burned out 

It crawled further in the darkness, no matter how much they wanted to forget 

No matter how much they wanted things to go back to where they were 

The light went in the deep night of the soul 

Where there were no stars 

There was no more hope, the verge of giving up

The light suffered, where the darkness shone 

Suddenly, the light saw something within

Something small, a candle 

A small flame 

The lightness remembered the strength within 

Started to ignite its own 

No more of the old flame, like a snake shedding its own skin 

It started anew, reborn 

But with some darkness within, it now understood its counterpart better 

It is understood that darkness does not hurt others just for the sake of hurt. It hurts because it was hurt before

The pain was hard to take away, so it hurt so others could understand their pain

So the darkness thought that was how to feel love

Compassionate, empathic, understanding 

The light went back to its true self but had some darkness within 

A small circle

Nevertheless, it helped the light shine even brighter and more beautiful than before 

Thus, the light returned to the dark

Forgiveness

Yin and yang 

Balanced, the opposite, but the duality

To start on a new journey in the universe together

Merging into one true soul

Maybe it was always originally one soul, just split in two

Published by universetime4319

My name is Justin Klein-Edgerton. I am a 33-year-old deaf man residing in Hopkinton MA. I grew up all for 28 years in California with two families, worked as a teacher, and moved to Phoenix shortly after. It wasn't for two years before moving in Massachusetts. There was a question that one psychology professor asked me that I would never forget. He said that there must be one unique, interesting statement about us that define our life. He asked us to give that statement when introducing myself. I thought long and hard when he mentioned it. He only requested that we do not explain until if there was anyone who wants to know more, to ask after class. I did not want to mention my birth situation or talk about it, but after some thinking, it always comes back to that one thought. I felt that I could not not mentioned it at all. When it was my turn, I said my name and I said, "My life was changed forever before it even started." He looked at me perplexed. "I am sorry, I never heard anyone said that before. Can you elaborate?" knowing that he broke his own rule. I hesitated. Other people wanted to know. There is a long version that I want to make it a book about my journey with what happened with my birth someday. In order to do that, I need to be known by people around me, make connections, and build up my reputation positively. The past few years in my 20s were not something I was proud of doing. I aim to change that; to be a better person. For now, I decided to write a blog about my thoughts, my experiences, short stories that inspire me in those moments, etc. I want you, the reader, to help me improve to be a better writer by giving good criticism, feedbacks, compliments, advice, comments, etc., and that I would want to share what was on my mind and stories I had in my head to the world. With your help, I can achieve my goal of writing that memoir someday. This blog would have a theme of inspiration and adoption. I already had a thought about a young adult novel related to adoption that I hope to start the process soon. For now, I am excited to start on this journey with you.

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