Eyeing Light in Darkness

[jsoutiere92]

One day I peered into the mirror
And saw another person staring,
Although familiarity was there
About the hazel eyes and hair.
And so I stared and stared divining
What inside those eyes was shining,
Fiercely shining,
Like headlights in the distance.

For what it brought to bare in me
I was not entirely prepared,
But I was there and I was staring
Deeply in my soulful self,
The one I am - the one who's tearing
Deeper, deeper, deeper still
Into that darker darkness, peering,
Boring through like hammer drills.

Though when I finally emerged
I saw, and still forever see,
The truest, darkest depths of me -
The cavernously branching depths
Stretching outward endlessly
Like stars’ reflections in the sea.

And through the darkness I was seeing,
I saw again the light was shining
Brighter, brighter, brighter still
Until it was as almost blinding.
I observed and scrutinized it,
Scrutinized then realized,
And I believed inside of me
This was the purest thing of beauty
Against that darkest darkness leering,
And the demons there appearing.

There it was, inside my eyes,
And all it took to see was looking.