poetry from the soul ▪︎ wabi-sabi

photophobia

so you're going to let this
be the end of your world?
you're worth more
than the title you're given

you live under a psuedonym
my dear
constant fear that your facade
will fade into something unbearable

there's more to you
than your disposition
than your silhouette
but you let their eyes filter you

please be more
than they allow you
do not walk through
their sieve of perfection

you are plagued
with photalgia
fearful of the scintillation
the good

even the smallest hint
of luminesence
strikes trepidation
but ignore it

for there is
no darkness
only absence
of light